The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
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We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
Rep. Nancy "proud transphobe" Mace (R) is furious that Donald Trump endorsed her primary opponent in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. Last Friday on Truth Social, Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) to be the state's next governor. His long, effusive pa...
Gay conservative influencer Dave Rubin failed to cite a single way in which President Donald Trump has improved the lives of average Americans since taking office during a recent debate with progressives. Rubin was the featured guest on the most recent episode of Jubilee Media’s ...
While many stories show queer people leaving their unaccepting faith communities to maintain their safety, dignity, and mental health, we've found a handful of LGBTQ+ films about religion that depict queer people who stay in their spiritual communities, both to push for greater a...
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
Pattie Gonia, the trail-trekking environmental activist drag queen, is fighting back over a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Patagonia, the company whose name resembles her own. The adventure sports and wilderness corporation, well known for investing its profits to suppor...
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
An event designed to highlight issues around menstrual equity among trans people as part of Boston's Pride programming has been forced to relocate after backlash from right-wing voices. A story on Fox News and social media posts have included transphobic attacks and claims that t...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten detailed for viewers yesterday just how much Americans loathe Trump's quest to name government buildings after himself. "Stop it, just stop it," Enten said, explaining that only nine percent of Americans find it acceptable for the president to p...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a new rating system that would require a warning label to appear before any television content that includes LGBTQ characters. On April 22, the FCC issued a public notice asking Americans to submit comments on whether the TV Ov...
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
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Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
The popular adult film platform is creating a space for all of the steamy sapphic content.
The Traitors host says he has mostly observed the trend online, but his staffers at Club Cumming have felt it in public.
The Irish singer-songwriter opens up about being a bisexual icon, sticking to her creative instincts, and achieving the fame that she wished for while blowing out her birthday candles....
Republicans have (very maturely) accused Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate from Texas, of lying about having a girlfriend to hide the fact that he is gay. But the media has since identified the girlfriend as 30-year-old Brianna Menard, Talarico's fo...
We’ve said for a long time that anti-trans laws will lead to deaths in the trans community. We’ve cited studies time and again that show there are higher rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation for trans people who are living in a non-affirming situation or are being ...
Hagerstown Hopes held the Hagerstown Pride Festival outside Hub City Brewery on Saturday, May 30. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Hagerstown Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
The first official trailer for Jane Schoenbrun’s meta horror film offers the clearest look yet at Jack Haven’s slasher villain.
As red state governors across the country try to denigrate Pride Month by declaring June a month to celebrate husband-wife families, Democratic leaders are making it clear that Pride is in the air with proclamations of their own. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) kicked off June...
Wilson, who came out as bisexual in 2016, shared thoughts on the state of Hollywood.
Hungarian police on May 29 announced they will allow the annual Budapest Pride march to take place. “The Budapest Metropolitan Police has approved the 2026 Budapest Pride Parade and also has issued restrictive orders in relation to three counter-demonstrations,” a Budapest Metrop...
A federal appeals court ruled against the trans military ban yesterday, saying that it violates the Constitution and was created just to target "a politically unpopular group." Now, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says that he will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. Rela...
More red states are designating June as something other than Pride Month in an attempt to make a statement about their states' lack of support for LGBTQ+ people. Tennessee kicked off the "rename June" trend this year by designating the month as "Nuclear Family Month." The declara...
Nearly 80-year-old President Donald Trump underwent a medical check-up last week at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his third such check-up since April 2025. But Jonathan Reiner, the heart doctor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, said the White House's three-pag...
Former Bogotá Mayor Claudia López on Sunday finished fifth in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election. López, a centrist who ran as an independent, received 225,517 votes. This figure is .95 percent of the total votes cast. López was the Colombian capital’s mayor from...
Video captured a MAGA counterprotestor shouting homophobic slur to "No Kings" protestors in Denver, Colorado, shortly before face planting twice on the pavement, causing his face to bleed as other protestors suggest that he leave for his own safety before others possibly cause hi...
Gregory Bovino — the now-former tactical commander-at-large for U.S. Border Patrol official who oversaw the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaigns in U.S. cities before Trump removed him last January — spoke alongside fascists and neo-Nazi at a "remigration" summit in ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the city of Denton for hosting the “Big Gay Swim Day,” a private Pride month pool event scheduled for June 7 at the city's Civic Center. Paxton alleged that the event's changing rooms will violate the Texas Women’s Privacy Act. The state law...
Ghana’s parliament passed a new bill last Friday that punishes the “willful promotion, sponsorship or support of LGBTQ+ activities” with up to five years in prison. The legislation, entitled The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also punishes same-sex acts with a prison...
A federal court ruled against Donald Trump's transgender military ban earlier today. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled 2-1 in Talbott v. USA that the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military is a policy designed to...
Anti-trans billionaire Elon Musk claimed on social media that he only began to meddle in politics because he was ashamed of his transgender daughter, Vivian Wilson. On Sunday, a high-traffic X account shared a photo of Wilson's new modeling campaign and wrote, "We should never fo...
Former Congressman Barney Frank, who died last week, was dogged during his life over being gay. The self-proclaimed only “left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman,” in Congress deserved better. Frank’s perseverance paved the way for others. With wit and intelligence, he helped educat...
In the middle of America’s intensifying backlash against trans rights, voters are set to send Bentley Hudgins to the state Capitol.
Ahead of this weekend’s California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track & Field Championships, California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) made it clear that he was rooting for a high school athlete who has been the target of relentless anti-trans protests. On Frida...
In Oscar Boyson’s darkly funny comedy, two young men wrestle over rifles — and their place in the world.
When the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released its most recent Census of American Religion, its survey data on U.S. spiritual beliefs identified nine types of Christians (including five types of Protestants and three types of Catholics). However, when it came to reli...
You’re all geared up. You’ve got your best parade-walking shoes, your coolest tee, your most-comfortable shorts, and a rainbow flag to carry. You’re set for Pride, but before you go, try one of these great new books about LGBTQ life and history. After the parade, where will you e...
If I admit I’m HIV positive, some men immediately reject me. If I lie and say I’m HIV negative, many of those same men will gladly have unprotected sex with me. That contradiction has haunted me for years and made me wonder: What would the gay men who died of AIDS in the 1980s th...
As the country begins to celebrate Pride Month, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) has declared this June "Fidelity Month" in her state. The declaration explains that June will be a time to "encourage renewed dedication" to "virtue, commitment, responsibility, and shared mo...
Ghanaian lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that would, among other things, criminalize LGBTQ allyship. Reuters reported MPs approved the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, in a voice vote after parliament's Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee backed it. MP...
A new policy proposed by the Trump administration will force organizations receiving federal financial assistance to stop acknowledging that trans people exist or risk losing federal funding. In the new policy proposal, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) claims to be targe...
When Albert Camus published “L’etranger” (“The Stranger”) in 1942, he was living in Nazi-occupied France, so it’s no surprise that it became one of the most celebrated “existential” novels of all time. A fascist regime is great for inspiring thoughts of an indifferent and meaning...
How a queer club staple became one of the medical world’s most promising treatments for depression and anxiety.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with four misdemeanors after allegedly pulling down a trans woman's skirt and underwear in the middle of Ohio's Cedar Point amusement park on Tuesday evening. The suspect, identified as Marquez D. Williams, allegedly walked up to the woman from...
Nine LGBTQ groups in Russia have been banned so far this year after authorities deemed them as "extremist." Human Rights Watch on Thursday noted courts in seven regions between March and May banned Coming Out, the LGBT Resource Center, Parni Plus, the Moscow Community Center for ...
Republicans have been making jokes about Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) being transgender, gay, and "low-T" this past week, an attempt to paint him as too queer for public office, even though he's a straight, cisgender man. But people online are question...
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate campaign released its first ad, which is fixated on state Rep. James Talarico's (D) gender, calling him "too low-T for Texas." And Donald Trump himself joined in the attacks, referring to Talarico as "this transgender" in comm...
His family made the announcement in a Facebook post.
Republicans are facing the worst midterm prospects since, well, the last time Donald Trump was president. However, the political landscape for the GOP is far, far worse. Thanks to Trump's failed tariffs and his bumbling war with Iran, the economy is in a precarious position. Gaso...
The designer read from — and then tore up — cliché-ridden, AI-written remarks.
South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens and transgender people of harming kids — was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to five counts of distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM). M...
“I wouldn’t hang with Dave if he was full of hate,” Wayans said.
Seth Gruber, the Christian Nationalist host of The Seth Gruber Show, says "gays" should be banned from "buying children" because it is no different from the institution of slavery in the U.S. It's unclear whether he's referring to adoption, surrogacy, or both. In a May 28 post on...
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs is inviting the LGBTQ community and friends to attend the city’s annual Pride flag raising ceremony scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, June 1, outside the John Wilson Building that serves as the D.C. City Hall. Like in prior years, mem...
The Southern United States' first out lesbian Episcopal bishop was officially installed as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina last Saturday. The Rev. Sarah Fisher, 54, was elected last November by a simple majority on the third ballot, the Christian Post r...
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D) of California, a gay and Jewish candidate for Congress from San Francisco, is speaking out over a decision by organizers of Rome Pride to bar a major Jewish LGBTQ+ organization from the event because it “failed to distance itself from the ongoing genoc...
When Pornhub released its most-watched categories of 2025, queer-themed content held the top two spots: “Lesbian” was the most viewed category, and “Transgender” was the second most viewed, up five spots from 2024. The global appetite for LGBTQ adult content is increasing in tand...
A 2023 measure targeting trans school children came into full effect in Idaho last week, following the suicide of one of the plaintiffs in a pair of lawsuits challenging the law. Both the state and Boise High School's Sexuality and Gender Alliance agreed to close the lawsuits cha...
Donald Trump ranted about wiring allegedly installed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in an attempt to make Buttigieg sound dumb, but instead, everyone pointed out how ignorant Trump's accusations were. "There's Pete Buttigieg, he spent billions of dollars on fix...
Maine quashes anti-trans ballot initiative due to invalid signatures What the initiative did: Maine was one of several states to put a ban on trans sports participation on their 2026 midterms ballot, a move intended to bypass the state's Democratic elected officials. But a court ...
Blood donations in England are way up, as the National Health Service benefits from eligibility changes that have brought more gay and bisexual men to their local donation sites. A recent survey found that 7.5% of male blood donors now report that they're bisexual, gay, pansexual...
Folks online are delighted by Spice Girl Mel C's response to a question on speculation around her sexuality in the nineties, when the Spice Girls were at the height of their fame. The exchange took place on the Mitch Churi Chat Show podcast earlier this month. Churi, who is gay, ...
Long before tone-deaf Target swag and rainbow-scented hashtags lit up the very queer month of June, Rev. Troy Perry was helping the LGBTQ community create space where it did not yet exist, and he did so with little more than faith and perseverance. This Pride season, as communiti...
We have good news for those seeking assisted living or memory support for a loved one: a fresh, hospitality-driven approach to care is now available in the heart of Tysons, Virginia. Kokua at The Mather opened in fall 2025 and provides residents with collaborative care as well as...
Though it seems routine by now, each time I hear Donald Trump verbally attack journalists, particularly women of color, who are doing their job by asking him hard questions, I feel as though he has punched me in the gut, making me almost want to scream out against this monster bu...
A former Fox host and current political analyst believes a recent Donald Trump action may have finally spurred a real rebellion among Republicans. "It's a revolt," wrote Howard Kurtz for Fox News. "Practically a revolution." He said the backlash "seems to be breaking, or at least...
The fallout from Donald Trump's decision to illegally rename the Kennedy Center to give himself top billing continues to grow, creating an embarrassing situation for the president. As it turns out, artists don't want their work associated with Trump, despite legal threats from Ri...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Our weekly Good News Roundup is filled with brave, creative, and outspoken individuals who're making a dif...
A British evangelical Christian man who sued the U.K. government for "religious discrimination" after his government employer refused to accommodate his discomfort of LGBTQ+ symbols had his lawsuit dismissed by a tribunal, according to a Daily Mail article published yesterday. Ma...
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld yesterday defended maggots being fed to detainees at the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. A majority of the detainees there have not been convicted of any crimes but are being held as part ...
Transgender pop music star Kim Petras said in an interview published yesterday that she somewhat regrets discussing her gender transition with the press during her childhood. However, she explores this regret and the happiness she feels about her choices in “Brutalist,” a song on...
‘Pippin’Through July 26Signature Theatre4200 Campbell Ave.Arlington, Va.$47-$153Sigtheatre.org As Leading Player in Signature Theatre's revival of “Pippin,” Cedric Neal portrays the manipulative narrator who guides the title character, a young medieval prince, on a quest for mean...
Police say there are “currently no indications of foul play.”
Federal employees will now be fully barred from gender-affirming care under their health insurance programs, with no exceptions. The Trump administration has just updated their guidance for health insurance companies who want to provide plans to federal employees and have removed...
Authorities in Budapest have given the green light for the Hungarian capital's Pride parade to march again this June, after last year's event was banned under authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Orbán's government was deposed in elections in April. Related Anti-LGBTQ+ Trump-backed...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! "I didn’t find Frances Faye," singer Terese Genecco tells LGBTQ Nation. "She found me." Genecco is the center of attention in her photo snapped by Fidel Lirio,...
(Editor’s note: This column reflects the writer’s opinion and does not constitute a Washington Blade endorsement of any candidate.) The race for Independent Council-at-Large is interesting. There are three main candidates and I suggest making your choice easier by first eliminati...
Since I started my activist career at the early age of 25, I feel incredibly blessed to have learned so much from many of the legends of our movement, including from Congressman Barney Frank. When I was just beginning OutRight International (then the International Gay and Lesbian...
After siding with the Trump administration to ban HIV-positive service members from the military, a federal appeals court has reversed itself and will hear the case again. In February, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed with the Depar...
A White House official continued with attacks on Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico's (D) masculinity on Thursday evening, saying that he's "transitioning to a woman," that his blood is soy milk, and that he has less testosterone than Black Congresswoman Jasmine...
Thousands of people flocked onto the National Mall in Washington, DC for an all-day prayer rally on Sunday, May 17. The event was promoted as a “re-dedication of our country as One Nation under God.” The rally’s official title was “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Prai...
West Hollywood councilmember John Erickson and several LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations are condemning recent attack ads targeting his campaign for a California state Senate seat. In a joint statement, Equality California, Los Angeles County LGBTQ+ Elected Officials, the LGBTQ+ Vict...
CNN data analyst Harry Enten was shocked when describing just how much ground Donald Trump has lost with a key demographic: men under the age of 30. Enten pointed out that Trump won men under 30 by one percentage point. While that's not a big margin, it was still surprising in 20...
The latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Conference is scheduled to take place in Ghana next week, the Ghanaian Parliament announced, and it's earning condemnation and controversy days before it starts. Like the gatherings that prec...
June 5 marks the 45th anniversary of the first report of AIDS. To commemorate the occasion, Whitman-Walker Health is sponsoring a screening of the film “How to Survive a Plague” on June 5 at 5:30 p.m. at GWU Lisner Auditorium (730 21st St., N.W.). The screening is free and you ca...
Tez Anderson decided to get tested for HIV after he moved to San Francisco in 1986 at the age of 25 and began dating his new boyfriend. When the results came back positive two weeks later, the doctor told Anderson he had 18 to 24 months to live. It was two days after his 26th bir...
Immediately after Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Bad Bunny was announced as the halftime show performer for the 2026 Super Bowl, right-wingers began trying to "cancel" the cis-het ally by pointing out his refusal to sing in English and his past performances in drag. Bad Bunny — wh...
Bari Weiss, the transphobic lesbian editor-in-chief of CBS News, was notably absent last night at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in Manhattan, where a scholarship recipient told the audience that Weiss' leadership at the news network "stains the legacy" of one of its most fam...
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The D.C.-based Wanda Alston Foundation, which provides housing and support services for homeless LGBTQ youth, announced earlier this month that it has joined partner organizations to launch a Queer Love Shouldn’t Hurt campaign aimed at addressing domestic violence within the LGBT...
Washington D.C. police arrested Ryan Fournier, co-founder of Students for Trump and Turning Point Action (the PAC for the young conservatives group Turning Point USA), early Tuesday morning for allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill a woman he was dating. The woman told pol...
The hair is uncanny.
“I thought we were living in 2026 and had moved on from this kind of discrimination."
"I know how romcom it sounds..." Richard told LGBTQ Nation.
You know them, you love them, and you probably can’t stop quoting them. They’re superstars, divas, viral internet personas, performers, and so much more. Here, A Twink and a Redhead give us an inside look at their internet habits, including the last things they googled, favorite ...
They all got the same memo: question his sexuality and gender, avoid substantive policy issues.
Polis was censured for commuting a MAGA official's jail sentence. It appears he equates that to being silenced.
Buttigieg beat several other top Democrats people are talking about.
Now Stephen Miller's wife is whining about "violent rhetoric."
LGBTQ rights opponent will face Democrat James Talarico in November The post Ken Paxton wins Texas Republican primary runoff appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
The FCC is seeking public comment about possible content warnings for shows featuring trans and nonbinary characters.
Amara Das Wilhelm is a Hindu priest who has spent the last 30 years ministering to LGBTQ+ people.
Postgraduate student petitioned for legal clarification The post China’s top court acknowledges anti-LGBTQ discrimination appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
"We are f**ked."
The inaugural head of New York City’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs said “no one should feel unsafe.”
A reporter seemed to catch McBride by surprise with the question, but she answered with aplomb.
The court offered “sincerest sympathies to Jane Doe’s family.”
Dmitry Popov faces a hate crime charge for the 2023 murder.
"The other students are wonderful people ... and happen to love when people are able to express themselves."
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Syd Colson, Theresa Plaisance, and Gabby Williams are officially attached to Courtside.
He said readouts from Trump's physicians indicate a possibly deadly potential health issue.
"It’s hard enough for me to get a date on a Saturday night!"
"I’m totally in favor of trans athletes in high school," he said. Also, here is where the other California candidates stand.
The new guidance is similar to a 2016 US bathroom ban that was decried by the UK.
"I think that he showed exactly why he was salutatorian."
"I don’t want him just to be alive this November," said James Carville. "I want him to be cognizant."
If you've only heard about the Bible's anti-LGBTQ+ verses, then you've missed out on its radically inclusive message.
The House Equality Caucus blasted fellow Dems who voted to pass a bill that would compel teachers to out transgender students.
Bars and restaurants in the surrounding area had been celebrating DC Black Pride throughout Memorial Day Weekend.
May 24 incident took place near Black Pride events on U Street The post Man accused of threatening to shoot D.C. bar employee after making anti-gay slurs appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
“New Yorkers deserve to be safe using our transit system without fear of violence, discrimination or harassment,” said the Manhattan district attorney....
Apparently this is the worst thing they can say about the Democratic Senate candidate.
She is running for Congress and says she "welcomes an independent investigation."
The transgender creative discusses his new documentary, Second Nature, which shows how gay penguins and sex-changing fish are part of the animal kingdom's diversity....
She lost to Colin Allred, who represented the same district as her in the past.
Former highest-ranking trans military member steps back from Va. congressional race The post Bree Fram’s congressional campaign ends but her fight continues appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Perfect for watching after a day at your ex-girlfriend’s best friend’s pool.
If Harris had won, we wouldn't be experiencing the U.S. as the declining democracy that it has become under Trump.
Trailblazing gay United Methodist pastor once worked at Blade The post Rev. Peter Leland DeGroote dies at 86 appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
"I think Bella’s gonna slay that castle.”
Jennifer Capasso has endured a lot of hate while undergoing care at one of the world’s best cancer hospitals.
The Montréal Victoire are officially PWHL champions.
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At a challenging time to access transgender medical care, support often comes from past partners.
The actor and former hockey player said that focusing “solely on one hormone” ignores “real barriers to fairness.”
LGBTQ activist is this year’s NYC Pride grand marshal The post Peppermint made her mark on ‘Drag Race.’ Now, her advocacy is front and center appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
The Washington Blade sits down with the DJ and drag star on her summer tour, rise to prominence, and how Musk helped shape her path. The post From Media Matters to massive queer ragers: the rise of Tara Dikhof appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights...
He thinks gay sex should be illegal. He may lose to a pro-LGBTQ+ Christian Democrat.
The measure would have singled out trans students for discrimination, even though state law currently forbids it.
The groom's father has a well-documented friendship with the deceased child-sex trafficker.
The Trump critic joked that because he already lost, his opponents “can’t run an ad where I claim to be trans.”
Some of them also oppose same-sex marriages.
The ACLU has decried the measure as an attack on student privacy.
Reality star breaks down new role as healthcare service’s newest ambassador The post Sam Asghari talks allyship and his new MISTR partnership appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Compliance is not a strategy for defending D.C. The post Why this Black Pride, I ranked Janeese Lewis George #1 for D.C. mayor appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
"Silence and delay cannot defeat rights," the High Court wrote.
Kassidy Watson-Perry says she feels "soul ties" with her "queer bird," Nelson.
"He wanted to make a joke," and now he has to go to reform school.
Durand Bernarr headlines program The post PHOTOS: Black Pride Opening Reception appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
At least one expert says the removal may violate a court order.
Neary says the discourse around her relationship has been “exhausting.”
The phone also has an American flag emblazoned on the back - only there's a big mistake.
The sidewalk koi fish did not have rainbow colors or any other LGBTQ+ symbols.
"I realized I shouldn’t chicken out because I need to speak from my heart and tell these people what they need to be told."
A majority said stopping care, even under a federal funding threat, violates the state's anti-discrimination law.
"I think it's really important for people to know that this is the reality of being trans in the United States," they said while sharing their story.
Building your family through surrogacy or adoption is a profound act of love and an emotionally complex journey that tests your endurance at every turn....
Back-to-back events held on first night of D.C. Black Pride The post PHOTOS: Black Pride Pageant and Unity Ball appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Jonathan Fernandez, 38, was arraigned on Tuesday.
"I'm between them, so I can explain both sides to each other."
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
Rep. Nancy "proud transphobe" Mace (R) is furious that Donald Trump endorsed her primary opponent in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. Last Friday on Truth Social, Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) to be the state's next governor. His long, effusive pa...
Gay conservative influencer Dave Rubin failed to cite a single way in which President Donald Trump has improved the lives of average Americans since taking office during a recent debate with progressives. Rubin was the featured guest on the most recent episode of Jubilee Media’s ...
While many stories show queer people leaving their unaccepting faith communities to maintain their safety, dignity, and mental health, we've found a handful of LGBTQ+ films about religion that depict queer people who stay in their spiritual communities, both to push for greater a...
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
Pattie Gonia, the trail-trekking environmental activist drag queen, is fighting back over a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Patagonia, the company whose name resembles her own. The adventure sports and wilderness corporation, well known for investing its profits to suppor...
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
An event designed to highlight issues around menstrual equity among trans people as part of Boston's Pride programming has been forced to relocate after backlash from right-wing voices. A story on Fox News and social media posts have included transphobic attacks and claims that t...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a new rating system that would require a warning label to appear before any television content that includes LGBTQ characters. On April 22, the FCC issued a public notice asking Americans to submit comments on whether the TV Ov...
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
The popular adult film platform is creating a space for all of the steamy sapphic content.
The Traitors host says he has mostly observed the trend online, but his staffers at Club Cumming have felt it in public.
The Irish singer-songwriter opens up about being a bisexual icon, sticking to her creative instincts, and achieving the fame that she wished for while blowing out her birthday candles....
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
Rep. Nancy "proud transphobe" Mace (R) is furious that Donald Trump endorsed her primary opponent in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. Last Friday on Truth Social, Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) to be the state's next governor. His long, effusive pa...
Gay conservative influencer Dave Rubin failed to cite a single way in which President Donald Trump has improved the lives of average Americans since taking office during a recent debate with progressives. Rubin was the featured guest on the most recent episode of Jubilee Media’s ...
While many stories show queer people leaving their unaccepting faith communities to maintain their safety, dignity, and mental health, we've found a handful of LGBTQ+ films about religion that depict queer people who stay in their spiritual communities, both to push for greater a...
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
Pattie Gonia, the trail-trekking environmental activist drag queen, is fighting back over a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Patagonia, the company whose name resembles her own. The adventure sports and wilderness corporation, well known for investing its profits to suppor...
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
The popular adult film platform is creating a space for all of the steamy sapphic content.
The Traitors host says he has mostly observed the trend online, but his staffers at Club Cumming have felt it in public.
The Irish singer-songwriter opens up about being a bisexual icon, sticking to her creative instincts, and achieving the fame that she wished for while blowing out her birthday candles....
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
Rep. Nancy "proud transphobe" Mace (R) is furious that Donald Trump endorsed her primary opponent in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. Last Friday on Truth Social, Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) to be the state's next governor. His long, effusive pa...
Gay conservative influencer Dave Rubin failed to cite a single way in which President Donald Trump has improved the lives of average Americans since taking office during a recent debate with progressives. Rubin was the featured guest on the most recent episode of Jubilee Media’s ...
While many stories show queer people leaving their unaccepting faith communities to maintain their safety, dignity, and mental health, we've found a handful of LGBTQ+ films about religion that depict queer people who stay in their spiritual communities, both to push for greater a...
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
The popular adult film platform is creating a space for all of the steamy sapphic content.
The Traitors host says he has mostly observed the trend online, but his staffers at Club Cumming have felt it in public.
The Irish singer-songwriter opens up about being a bisexual icon, sticking to her creative instincts, and achieving the fame that she wished for while blowing out her birthday candles....
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
Rep. Nancy "proud transphobe" Mace (R) is furious that Donald Trump endorsed her primary opponent in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. Last Friday on Truth Social, Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) to be the state's next governor. His long, effusive pa...
Gay conservative influencer Dave Rubin failed to cite a single way in which President Donald Trump has improved the lives of average Americans since taking office during a recent debate with progressives. Rubin was the featured guest on the most recent episode of Jubilee Media’s ...
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
The popular adult film platform is creating a space for all of the steamy sapphic content.
The Traitors host says he has mostly observed the trend online, but his staffers at Club Cumming have felt it in public.
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
Rep. Nancy "proud transphobe" Mace (R) is furious that Donald Trump endorsed her primary opponent in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. Last Friday on Truth Social, Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) to be the state's next governor. His long, effusive pa...
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
The popular adult film platform is creating a space for all of the steamy sapphic content.
The Traitors host says he has mostly observed the trend online, but his staffers at Club Cumming have felt it in public.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
The popular adult film platform is creating a space for all of the steamy sapphic content.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
"This is a corporation trying to erase an activist," said the drag performer, breaking her silence on the tense legal battle with the outdoor apparel company....
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
Members of the D.C. Council joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and a crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters on June 1 for the city’s fourth annual LGBTQ Pride flag raising ceremony held outside the John A. Wilson Building, which serves as the D.C. City Hall. Since its inception four yea...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men "...
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
In a now-deleted X post published Tuesday morning, rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wrote, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." After several Republican politicians called his statement "idiotic" and "insane," Ogles deleted it later that ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
In Columbus, Ohio, police have charged an unnamed 17-year-old with murder and felony assault for lethally stabbing his adoptive father and severely injuring his father's husband. The stabbing occurred on Sunday, May 24, killing 58-year-old Mark Rayburn-Velco and severely injuring...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
During a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, out former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg hilariously mocked the right-wing organization for young conservatives, Turning Point USA. "As a tactical matter, I'll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic c...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Talarico is cisgender, heterosexual, and, contrary to popular Republican belief, a meat-eater.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
The event included remarks from Taylor Brown, director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people in general has dropped significantly this decade, according to a new poll from Gallup. Gallup released the results of its yearly Values and Beliefs survey, which asks people, among other things, if they are in favor of same-sex ...
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
Virginians for Marriage Equality on Monday launched a campaign in support of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Equality Virginia Executive Director Narissa Rahaman, former state Sen. Adam Ebbin, former state Del. Mar...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
If you ask an LGBTQ person what Michelle Visage is known for, you’re likely to get a few similar answers. Most people will say that they know her as the co-judge on "RuPaul’s Drag Race," with the woman serving looks (and scathing critiques) for more than a decade on this seminal ...
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that it has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24 after the April event was halted when gunshots rang out at the Washington Hilton. Cole Allen, 31, is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump,...
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
Dr. Robin Brennan, CAMP Rehoboth’s new executive director, has been getting adjusted to her role and connecting with the Rehoboth community. In March of this year, Brennan took on the role of executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center in Delaware working to C...
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
Former congressmember Mike Rogers (R-MI) is running for Senate, and his supporters appear to be employing an unusual strategy: posting AI-generated pictures of him with huge muscles. And he's getting roundly mocked online for his alleged vanity. Related Gay candidate calls out "h...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
One DOL employee called it “pure witch-hunt territory.”
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new bill aimed at stopping conversion therapy. "Conversion Therapy can be harmful, traumatizes kids, and is a scam to waste people's hard-earned money," Polis posted to social media after signing the bill on June 1 at The Center on Colfa...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
On June 1, the official Sesame Street social media account posted a simple message of acceptance for LGBTQ+ people to honor the start of Pride Month. "Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street!" it read. "Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community." Rel...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made an appearance in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, where he not only called people "stupid" for disliking Donald Trump, but also claimed the president is going to the doctor so...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” she told Variety.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love. B...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George spoke to a crowd of LGBTQ supporters on June 1 at a meet & greet event held at JR.’s on 17th Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The event, organized by Capital Stonewall Democrats, which has endorsed Lewis George for mayor, with ...
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The Democratic senatorial candidate presents a sharp contrast to his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In the small town of Neenah, along the banks of Lake Winnebago in rural Wisconsin, Pride was alive and thriving one night last year when Jesse Moore and his wi...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
The city council of Madison Heights, Michigan, voted 4-3 on Monday to cancel a drag queen story time that was slated to be a part of the city's Arts & Pride festival. The vote took place less than a week before the festival was scheduled to take place in the city's Civic Center P...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Trans patients and their families filed a federal class action lawsuit this week aimed at preventing hospitals from handing trans kids' medical records over to the Trump administration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been fighting a nationwide campaign to acquire the medical...
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
A conservative Christian man is suing Los Angeles County and the L.A. Department of Public Works for making him come to work during Pride Month. Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambr...
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group founded in 1987 that has become the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has announced it has three million people in care around the world. In a statement released on May 26, the organization, known worldwide ...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested 10 HIV/AIDS activists who protested Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The activists from Housing Works, Health GAP, the Treatment Action Group, and ACT UP held signs and chanted “Rubio’s Cut...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump's assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited "rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, s...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Todd Starnes, a pundit who has previously appeared on Fox News and Newsmax, said he wants to ask Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico a bizarre question about his underwear. While speaking on The Todd Starnes Show, Starnes played a clip of Talarico...
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
State officials in California had not called the governor’s race as of Wednesday morning but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra appear likely to advance to the general election. The race for governor has been scrambled several times after Kamala Harris opted not ...
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper on Monday said LGBTQ Americans and their allies cannot give up in the fight for equality. "We need to band together. We need to stand together, and we need to speak out, and we need to help each other," she told the Washington Blade during an interview aft...
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Transgender teens who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are less likely to run away from home, according to a new study. Researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University examined data from about 1,101 respondents to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey who be...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he'd be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. "I'm going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys," Santos s...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them "fa***ts" during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s policy banning transgender troops likely violates their constitutional rights. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that Trump’s Executive Or...
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Apparently the mere prospect of trans people having periods is too much for some to bear.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Thanks to a bout of forgetfulness, the Stop! That! Train! press tour has produced its first viral moment.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Donald Trump ranted about trans women in sports, executions in Iran, nuclear weapons, and other topics to kids who were at the Oval Office yesterday. "He's the LeBron James of being weird around kids," one commenter noted on X. Related Medical professor sounds alarm on Trump's "d...
As those who read my columns know, I love cruising, the kind you do on water. I have had many different cruise experiences, including sailing through the Galapagos and the Norwegian fjords. This time, I will be doing something a little different and am off on a new adventure. Wit...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Six years ago, a straight couple in California used a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" as part of a gender reveal party, which started a fire that burned 23,000 acres of land, destroyed 20 buildings, and killed at least one person. Now the companies that sold the device have...
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Country dancing has long resonated with the LGBTQ+ community — and is currently experiencing a revival. Here’s why.
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shared moving words in support of trans youth during a Senate hearing on gender-affirming care on Wednesday. "If you’re a trans kid watching this hearing, if you have friends who are trans kids, if you have family who are trans kids, if you're not trans but ...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Organizers with the Latinx History Project have planned a host of events this Pride season with parties, poetry, drag and more. The festivities begin with the DC Latinx Pride 2026 Kickoff at Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) on Friday, June 12 from 6-10 p.m. The party will...
Back in February of 2025, I wrote a piece for New York City-based arts publication Hyperallergic about the importance of museums stepping up for their LGBTQ staff. I was right to be concerned. Over the last three years, censorship of LGBTQ histories and art has exploded in the mu...
A photograph can change how we understand ourselves. In Rainbow History Project’s exhibit “Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington,” one pairing does exactly that: 10 Washingtonians in their Sunday best picketing the White House in 1965, and, a few ...
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut state House is doubling down after posting a callous anti-Pride message that has been condemned by both Democrats and Republicans in the state. "Happy Straight Month!" wrote 23-year-old Jadon MacCormack in a June 2nd social media post. "It’s Am...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates and fellow Republicans after a social media post declared that "homosexuality has no place in America." "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuc...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! For Jim Gau, a veteran of Omaha's very first Pride march in 1985, the city's Heartland Pride event last year was "emotional." "We went from just a few people c...
You’re at a new gay bar, mustering up the courage to leave all your clothes at coat check except for your briefs, socks, and sneakers. Through the door, you catch glimpses of pantless men laughing and grinding to house anthems, and somehow, everyone inside seems totally comfortab...
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
An influential far-right Christian group that believes LGBTQ+ people are "demonic" is celebrating Donald Trump's failure to acknowledge Pride Month this year. Intercessors for America (IFA), which works closely with the White House Faith Office and has hosted a prayer call with T...
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
High school sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson just won the West Virginia Class AAA girls' shot put championship. But she might have played her last season, as the Supreme Court is expected to rule in her challenge to the state’s trans sports ban later this month, and she might be ba...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on Wednesday. The data was coll...
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
Two gay police officers are suing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for allegedly denying them promotions because of their sexuality. Detective Anna Fishel and Lieutenant Douglas Raguso claim the department repeatedly passed them over for promotions to roles for which they were...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
We asked Nae, known to her TikTok followers as The Strapfluencer, for her expert advice about purchasing, using, and cleaning your first strap-on.
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
The unnamed suspect was charged with four misdemeanors: public indecency, persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest....
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Social media posts from Conway’s family confirmed her identity.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
California's primary on Tuesday was a "clean sweep" for LGBTQ+ candidates for Congress, as two Democratic incumbents dominated their races and two new contenders advanced to the general election in November. In San Francisco, out California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) captured mo...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe ...
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to ...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
We ride along with the legendary, leather-clad lesbians — and take a trip through their history.
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an "average American" could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NO...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that says that people and private organizations don't have to recognize same-sex marriages. It also shields people from facing professional discipline if they refuse to officiate or "celebrate" a same-s...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Sacred and historical texts form the backbone of mainstream religions worldwide, but even modern-day writings about religion often exclude queer perspectives, which is why we've compiled this essential list of LGBTQ+ books about religion and spirituality that will expand the mind...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claims that the Big Gay Swim Day violates the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! It's been said by James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, and the Whispers — in their chart-topping 1981 song — that "Love is where you find it." For teenager Fiona Morr...
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
I published an edited book titled Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price in 1992, not long after I read a book by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who escaped the bitter tyranny of slavery to become a preeminent leader for civil rights in the United States during the 19th cent...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Madonna kicked off Pride Month in New York City on Thursday evening with a free pop-up concert in Times Square. Part of her ongoing collaboration with gay hook-up app Grindr, the 15-minute show saw the 67-year-old pop music icon taking over The Square, a new performance venue ove...
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
During April 1963, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined together with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in a massive nonviolent action to protest Birmingham’s system of segregation during the Easter holiday season, ...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
The second annual Shepherdstown Gay Pride Parade was held in Shepherdstown, W.Va. on Monday, June 1. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Shepherdstown Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Hungarian authorities on Thursday dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony over his role in organizing the city’s 2025 Pride march. Karácsony spoke at the event, even though then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government banned it. More than 100,000 people defied t...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Donald Trump has been making increasingly wild claims about how much he won the 2024 election by. He didn't even win a majority of the popular vote in that election, but has been saying he won in a "landslide" for over a year. He apparently found a way to claim that he won the el...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Just yesterday, The Advocate published a column calling Trump gay as an insult, proving why we still need Pride Month. The publication's reasoning centered around the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House on June 14, b...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the vet...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Self-described “white nationalist” and “Christian fascist” broadcaster John Doyle published a video on Tuesday claiming that the progress Pride flag mocks Christianity and is deliberately meant to represent "every identity incapable of producing white children." Neither claim is ...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people caused compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers to the city, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who iden...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
The Washington Blade this week welcomed Emma LaPointe as its summer intern. Emma is studying journalism, political science, and German studies at the University of Arizona. She is from Tucson, Ariz., and is interning with the Blade as part of a continued partnership with the Wash...
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people caused compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers to the city, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who iden...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people caused compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers to the city, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who iden...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "bi, po...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "bi, po...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "bi, po...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "bi, po...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "bi, po...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The committee that oversees the gendered swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath in London have decided to maintain the trans-inclusive policies they formalized several years ago. The decision follows the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the legal definition of a woman and a campaign fro...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "bi, po...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
D.C.'s electronic music festival Project GLOW was held on the RFK Stadium grounds on May 30-31. The festival included an LGBTQ-focused Secret Garden stage. (Photos by Andy Nason) The post PHOTOS: Project GLOW appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Pop icon Madonna celebrated Pride month with a pop-up performance in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to the delight of 50,000 fans. She performed for about 15 minutes high above street level, including several songs from her new album “Confessions II” due on July 3, alon...
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Marris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed the annual Pride show at Lincoln Theatre. The "Soul Divas" show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit gmcw.org. ...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stela Maris — who identifies as a "bi...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
A transgender bartender in Laramie, Wyoming, who pointed her gun at a man she says hurled gay slurs at her and threw her to the ground, is headed to trial on felony assault and gun charges. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. Ríhanna Kelver says she was acting ...
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Vivian Wilson has previously said her father’s right-wing turn is “not because of me.”
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
At least 18 ICE detainees have died shortly after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities this year. This week, ICE announced that it would no longer release information related to such deaths. Advocates worry that this will obscure ICE's practice...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he ...
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
The lawsuit claimed that Denton’s Big Gay Swim Day would have violated the state’s anti-trans bathroom bill.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy Pride Month, everyone! This week's Good News Roundup is filled with rainbows, some big firsts, and m...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House ...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising tran...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Organizers say the event will continue elsewhere after the event was listed as canceled on the public library’s website.
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Friday, June 5 “Center Aging: Pride Monthly Luncheon with Chair Yoga & Drag Bingo” will be at 12:00 p.m. at the DC LGBQ+ Community Center. Lunch will be provided. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. “Comedy Show for LGBTQ+ Prosperity” will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBT...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variet...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being ve...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
The film would mark Kendrick’s second feature following the true crime thriller Woman of the Hour.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
Judge Robert Wilkins said key provisions of the Trump administration's transgender military policy may be driven by a “bare desire to harm” transgender people....
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in Apri...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
“Her mother promised to speak her name. So will we.”
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "b...
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The drag climate activist and the outdoor retailer are locked in a dispute over trademark infringement.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The post NLGJA-DC Pride happy hour at Trade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Poli...
The 14th annual DC Front Runners' Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registrati...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The film is being dragged online over the involvement of Acme AI & FX, which uses artificial intelligence as a tool.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gende...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evi...
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a dra...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an...
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Antoni Porowski is also weighing in on the drama, but says he's "left with more questions than answers."
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
The Montgomery County, Md., Department of Police announced on June 4 that it is seeking the public's help in locating two women, who they identify as a couple, who are charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing the mother of one of them. In a statement police identifi...
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afr...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive....
From Alaska to Wyoming, we’ve got hot leads on where to meet sapphics in every corner of the country.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and b...
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides g...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, co...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the origi...
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-...
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely bl...
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie tha...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just sout...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A Gallup poll showed only 5% of Republicans say that gender transition is morally acceptable.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed...
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president...
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
“I discovered more about my sexuality through sleeping with my friends because there was a safety in that."
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock r...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday be...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
Former Republican campaign operative Steve Schmidt called President Donald Trump "deranged," "emotionally and psychologically incontinent," and "in a state of decomposition and collapse" for storming out of an NBC interview last Sunday when journalist Kristen Welker pointed out h...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O'Shae Sibley to death, was found guilty of a hate crime on Monday but was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced. Sibley, 28, was voguing to Beyoncé when he was killed at a gas station in July 2023. Popov, who was 17 at the time, arg...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your s...
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: '...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
This is going to go triple platinum on Fire Island.
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2...
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
Donald Trump was roundly booed multiple times while attending a Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, and out MS NOW host Rachel Maddow appeared to enjoy the moments. As the national anthem was sung, the Jumbotron focused on the president, who was saluting in h...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
From kink at Pride to debating who “counts” as queer, there's enough queer discourse for us all.
Federal investigators are examining whether the disgraced former congressman profited from bets about his own behavior on Kalshi.
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while attending the Knicks game in his hometown of New York City last night, yet he told the press that New Yorkers gave him a warm and joyous welcome. Despite an abundance of video evidence showing the president being booed multiple times, he se...
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
Republicans are up in arms over a New York state bill seeking to make state child custody and parental laws more inclusive to LGBTQ+ families. The New York Legislature passed a bill last week that would amend gendered language in the state's Family Court Act. Mother and father, f...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Patients and parents say federal demands for records from NYU Langone and Stanford Medicine threaten privacy, safety, and access to gender-affirming care....
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
Out Saturday Night Live alum Bowen Yang says he “never felt central” to the show, saying that he "never played the dad or the straight man teacher. I was always there as the seasoning.” The actor, comedian, and podcast host’s comment came during an episode of Variety’s Actors on ...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the storehous...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
By his own account, Eric Chung was living the American Dream. A son of immigrants from Communist Vietnam, Chung is a constitutional lawyer who was working at the Commerce Department on the CHIPS and Science Act to boost the economy and bring jobs and manufacturing to places like ...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the storehous...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
A family-owned bakery in Minnesota is celebrating June as Nuclear Family Month to counter Pride Month celebrations. Joshua Streblow, a farmer and father of nine, is the owner of Carl's Bakery in Granite Falls. He told the News Tribune he believes the nuclear family (as in a mothe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the storehous...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Laverne Cox is opening up about her former relationship with a Trump-supporting New York City police officer. The actress and trans rights advocate joined the hosts of The View on Monday to discuss her new memoir Transcendent. During their conversation, co-host Alyssa Farah Griff...
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the storehous...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
After years of struggling with infertility, Kizzy Jones started considering egg donors. To her shock, her trans brother, Kenny Ethan Jones, offered his eggs. Eighteen challenging months later, Kizzy welcomed a baby, and Kenny became an uncle. “When [Kizzy] mentioned she was looki...
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal "family month" in June has not gaine...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
A new gender-affirming medical clinic will open in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. But the clinic (which hasn't announced an opening date) won't serve adults or children under the age of 19, adhering to President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to ban gen...
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes effect in October. Advocacy groups say it's an “unnecessary” attack on the LGBTQ+ c...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Our culture is far more obsessed with pre-sex cleanup than it needs to be.
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its pu...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Satirical comedian and activist Walter Masterson released a Pride Month video on Monday in which he mocks MAGA supporters at pro-Trump demonstrations by complaining about people "with these flags and hats" that they "wave around in people's faces," adding, "It's become their enti...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-yea...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! In June 1978, freelance news photographer Mark Ivins was on assignment for the Village Voice, covering the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York ...
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans pe...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state's Republican gubernatorial primary yesterday, coming in 5th place as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. As the vote count came in, Equality PAC hosted its National ...
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was asked at a committee hearing about President Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters. Her response was to peddle alarmist anti-abortion rhetoric and misinformation about gender-affirm...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
For nearly four decades, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been one of the most influential champions of LGBTQ rights in American politics. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker helped lead landmark LGBTQ legislation through Congress; including the repe...
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Capital Pride’s date change isn’t slowing down the festivities. Back in December, the Capital Pride Alliance shifted the calendar for Pride celebrations in the nation’s capital from the second weekend of June to two weeks later to the weekend of June 20-21 to not conflict with Pr...
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that David Archuleta and Monroe Alise will be the grand marshals for the Pride parade on June 20. Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance’s president, said the two were chosen for the way that they exemplify the theme “Exist. Resist. Have the...
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXI...
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
Earlier this year, the federal government removed Pride flags from the Stonewall National Monument, and the outrage from the LGBTQ+ community was deafening. Activists across the country spoke out against it, LGBTQ+ media published column after column denouncing the removal, and a...
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Madison Heights voted to cancel even though performer Jadein Black’s dress and her choice of book had both been vetted.
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
For Benoît, a gay man in rural France, Pride flags are not decoration. They are a declaration that queer people belong to the same fields, towns, and forests that once made them feel unwelcome. The morning of their first rural Pride march, the organizers returned to the train she...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
A far-right political action committee has released an anti-trans AI-generated attack ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico in a dress. The ad shows an AI-generated Talarico in a dress similar to the one worn by Julie Andrews in 1965’s The S...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
The numbers paint a very different picture than the GOP’s midterm strategy would suggest.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
As I walked into my front yard, I noticed that the LGBTQIA-inclusive Pride flag I had hung on my garage was missing once again, for the third time in less than eight months. Coming from the depths of my soul, I looked up into the sky and let out a howl that scattered birds from a...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) was caught clearly faking a 90-second phone call to avoid answering a reporter's question about possible cuts to Social Security. The reporter asked Wittman – who is up for reelection this year – about "Mike Johnson's secret plan to cut Social Security." R...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
An Ontario, Canada, elementary school's Pride flag installation over the weekend was vandalized for the second time in a week, leaving community members reeling. On Saturday night, two unknown suspects cut down the metal flagpole from which the Pride flag flew at Norwich's Emily ...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
Fairfax City Pride was held at the Sherwood Center (3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, Va.) on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Fairfax City Pride appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
"I am very much a man and I’m now realizing I always have been one,” Christopher Delgado told followers.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Donald Trump told reporters at the Oval Office today that he loves inflation when asked about new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning. Earlier today, the BLS released the latest CPI for the month, based on its study of ...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
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Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Justice came for 19-year-old Ajani Grimes on Tuesday when he was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for the murder of Laura Schueler, a 47-year-old trans woman. Grimes's arrest in Schueler's killing was the end of a months-long crime spree that started in October 2024, when...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Earlier this year, criminal charges were filed against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for defying Hungary's ban on Pride celebrations and for helping to organize a Pride march in the capital. The charges against him, though, were just dropped, weeks after Hungarian dictator Vik...
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Forget representation. This is the irreverent gender-swap comedy we need.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
Dayna Kathan, a fan-favorite personality from the reality TV series Vanderpump Rules, came out as a "late in life lesbian" in a June 7 Instagram post. Kathan previously came out as bisexual during Season 8 of the show, in a scene filmed in June 2020, as well as in a June 2019 Ins...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year car...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
A bombshell New York Times article, entitled "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files," repeatedly states that President Donald Trump and his closest White House staff have held numerous meetings discussing how best to delay any release of federal investigatory mat...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
Calling all queer bombshells to the villa.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Last August, Ingrid Christina packed up with their "kiddo" and moved from D.C. to Canada. Credit Trump with the relocation. Related This photojournalist usuall...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
A far-right party called for people to protest against LGBTQ+ Pride events held at a local library, but only nine protestors showed up. The counterprotest, which was made up of Pride supporters, attracted over 200. At issue are several events being held by the city of Brest in we...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) posted a picture of Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico as a woman in order to mock the Democrat for supporting action on climate change. "Jimmy Talarico authored the Texas Climate Action Act – Texas’ Green New Deal," Abbott wrote ...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Former nuns Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério hated each other when they first met at a convent in their early twenties. But after years of navigating mental health challenges that led them both to give up their habits, they discovered those strong feelings were actually love. "...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) branded Donald Trump a "traitor" to the American people due to his attempts to cover up the Epstein files. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Greene about a recent New York Times report detailing that the Epstein situation "basically paralyzed t...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie is running for mayor as Muriel Bowser’s third term expires in January. He’s running in a crowded Democratic primary field; recent polls show him in second place behind Council member Janeese Lewis George. D.C.’s primary is Tuesday, June ...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Across much of America, marriage equality is widely accepted and recognized as a fundamental right. More than a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry, LGBTQ+ families across America have flourished. ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
As we kick off June’s Pride activities, many cis-hetero Christian nationalists are feeling dejected. So, in their attempts to reclaim the month, many Republican governors have pushed “counterprogramming” by labeling June as “Nuclear Family Month” in Indiana and Tennessee, “Strong...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Rihanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, when a man began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at her.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Callen-Lorde is offering LGBTQ+ New Yorkers free kits packed with HIV prevention medication, sexual health supplies, and overdose reversal drugs throughout June....
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Fox host Jesse Watters wanted to make his audience mad about Pride Month, but he had an odd way of doing it: by showing amazing videos of queer people dancing. Watters started the segment with what he described – apparently derogatorily? – as a "gay dance fiesta," referring to a ...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
The talented singer says her headlining performance at Pride started a 'new chapter' in her life and career.
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
After seven years, sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county’s health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county’s push to exclude trans health care are estimated to have cost t...
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
A new musical currently playing at London’s National Theatre recounts the extraordinary story of an unlikely alliance between the U.K.’s South Wales coal mining communities and LGBTQ+ activists, a relationship that still holds strong today. A stage adaptation of the Golden Globe ...
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has joined the growing trend of red states bucking Pride Month to celebrate "traditional" families. The anti-LGBTQ+ governor – who branded his state "the place where woke goes to die" – released a proclamation declaring June as Faith and Family Month...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Resources for homeless youth and the Lorena Borjas Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund did not receive increased funding.
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
Several banners forming a 1,000-foot Progress Pride flag covered the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last Friday morning as activists with Philly Pride 365, the city's lead Pride event organizer, marked the start of the city's Pride Month celebrations. The city held its o...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for all social evils, thinks marijuana makes men "spiritually gay," and thinks Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — and the co-hosts of his Right Response broadcast said in a June 9 episode that fema...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
Friday marks 10 years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre, which, at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, left the LGBTQ community in this country and around the world reeling. It also prompted renew...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Pride month festivities continue through the end of the month and there’s a new event for Rehoboth/Dewey Beach residents and visitors, Pride on the Bay, set for June 27. Boaters will tie up at the sandbar near Massey’s Landing from 12-4 p.m. Visit Pride on the Bay’s Facebook page...
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Tuesday inducted Kevin Naff, the Washington Blade's editor and co-owner, into its Hall of Fame. The induction took place at the group's annual dinner that took place at the National Press Club. White House ...
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
It can be tempting to feel somber this Pride. In 2025 and 2026, the United States dismantled much of the LGBTQ+ rights infrastructure it had spent decades building — eliminating the Global Equality Fund, defunding local LGBTQ+ organizations, and banning the rainbow flag from fede...
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
The legislative chamber became a runway as performers and advocates received their flowers at the Council's first Pride Ball.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
A recent court hearing on a lawsuit brought by six transgender Idahoans against the state's latest bathroom bill has revealed just how unworkable the draconian new law would be. In fact, to enforce it, an attorney for the red state said restroom users might need to undergo forced...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Out former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming speaking gig is amping up speculation that he'll run for president in 2028. He is the scheduled keynote speaker for the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty & Justice dinner on July 12, the state party's largest event ...
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Community advocacy, protest, and mutual aid weren't new concepts for queer businesses and their employees before Donald Trump unleashed Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota late last year. When the brutal immigration raids began, queer businesses were as ready as they could be for ...
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City's Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — is in jail on a $1 million bond for allegedly "making terroristic threats" by threatening to harm a Black t...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
LGBTQ voters in the nation’s capital are choosing among a long list of LGBTQ supportive candidates running for mayor, D.C. City Council, and the position of D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 16 primary election. LGBTQ activists who have spoken ...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Gu...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
Elections are always important, but this year in D.C. they will bring major changes. Because of that, your vote in the Democratic primary on June 16 is more important than ever. D.C. is so overwhelmingly Democratic it is a near certainty the winners in the Democratic primary will...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
It can be hard to work out what might be going through Donald Trump’s head at the best of times, but lately his actions have seemed to be increasingly bizarre and reckless. However, all of those actions become much easier to understand with one simple perspective shift: Trump kno...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
In his June 9 interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump returned again to his loathsome “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 presidential election due to massive fraud in the states that declared Biden as the winner. Ever since November 3, 2020, Trump has sung...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Since Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) became the state Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, the GOP has focused almost exclusively on discrediting him by attacking his masculinity and accusing him of being gay or trans. And the jabs don't seem to be slowing down. Earli...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Maryland District Court Judge Julie Rubin has denied a request to turn a challenge against one of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) requests for trans youth's private health information into a class action lawsuit, which would have allowed the case to quash the subpoenas seeking ...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
Republicans are making accusations of being gay, trans, or just not masculine enough, the central issue in the Senate race in Texas this year, accusing state Rep. and Democratic candidate James Talarico of being too light in his loafers because he supports trans people's rights a...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
LGBTQ Nation will be sharing your pictures of Pride throughout May and June. Submit your own if you want to be included! Over seven years and thousands of tossed balls, "Play Catch With a Dad" has become a ubiquitous part of Pride celebrations everywhere. John Piermatteo started ...
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
It’s finally that time of year, when we celebrate "Straight Pride!" And frankly, it’s about time. For centuries, heterosexual people have been oppressed, marginalized, and forced to live in the shadows of a ruthlessly queer-dominated world. It’s time we address this glaring inequ...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a proclamation on June 3 designating this month as "Marriage and Family Month." His proclamation makes his state just the latest among several red states that have recently tried to give Pride Month a conservative and anti-LGBTQ+ rebranding. “T...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Bud Light has gone from sponsoring Pride events in major U.S. cities to sponsoring the Trump administration’s UFC cage match on the White House lawn. Three years after a one-off Instagram video partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked a MAGA boycott, the bra...
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
Hey fellow LGBTQ+ Democrats, this is worth reading! Especially if you're a voter in Washington, D.C. who's planning to cast a ballot for the nomination of local candidates in the District of Columbia in 2026. Because next Tuesday June 16 is a really Big Deal for D.C. Democrats. I...
My name is Hope Solomon, and I’m running for mayor of Washington, D.C. I’ve spent my entire life here. I attended D.C. Public Schools. I grew up working in my family’s small business here in D.C. I live in Dupont Circle. For 17 years, I worked in national security with the Depart...
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
A project is underway in Staunton, Va., to honor William ‘Billy’ Haines, who was born and raised in Staunton before becoming an out gay 1920s and early 1930s-era Hollywood movie star whose acting career ended around 1934 when he refused demands that he conceal his sexual orientat...
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
During a press event at the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that there are six states that are taking people's children and forcing them to transition, leaving people wondering if Trump was lying or if he had lost his mind, since this is not happening anywhere. "No ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
A state judge in Maine agreed on Thursday that "Protect Girls' Sports," an anti-transgender activist group, tried to get a referendum on sports participation on the ballot this fall but failed to collect enough valid signatures. Earlier this year, Protect Girls' Sports, a campaig...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A German advocacy group on the eve of the 2026 World Cup sharply criticized the Trump-Vance administration over its anti-LGBTQ policies. The World Cup will take place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through July 19. The tournament began on Thursday in Mexico City with Mexico beat...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he loves inflation. "We have a president and a White House that clearly don't care," Buttigieg said in a video posted to social media. Related Pete Buttigieg will be the next president. Here's ...
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
If you think the idea of a movie about two gender-nonconforming buddies embarking on an anti-establishment crime spree feels dangerously radical in 2026, just think how it must have felt 25 years ago. That’s when “By Hook or By Crook,” a DIY independent film shot in low-tech “Min...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, survivors, family and friends of the 49 victims are gathering in Orlando to honor the dead. Several events around the city will pay tribute to those lost in what was then the largest mass shooting in American history. 58 clubg...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
David Hockney, the pioneering gay artist best known for his portraits of male desire in mid-century settings, has died. He was 88. His cause of death is not yet publicly known. The British artist, who, along with compatriots Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, was uncompromising in h...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
British-Jewish journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti authored an article entitled, "Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride." While the article's title has since been changed to, "Bombing Iran’s evil regime is a point of Pride for Israel", in it he praises Israel's missile str...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
Friday, June 12 Bet Mishpachah will host “Pride Shabbat Happy Hour” at 6 p.m. at Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. This is an in-person happy hour with an open wine and beer bar, great company, and joyful conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Even...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in to continue reading....
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14. The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It's the second week of Pride Month, and we've got a great mixed bag of rainbow-colored goodies for you to...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
President Donald Trump was accused of trying to orally rape a 13- to 14-year-old girl who then bit his genitals, according to an unproven allegation contained among the 3.5 million pages of investigatory files connected to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released t...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
National HIV medical associations and providers are challenging the Trump administration's new federal funding guidelines that target transgender identity assisted by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The new regulations bar organizations that access the decades-old program, inclu...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The D.C. Council on June 9 gave its first round of approval to an amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that calls for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the L...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGB...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
A gay dad's thoughts on the trials and tribulations of raising a straight son went viral last week as parents across the internet connected to his feelings. The Brazil-based father posted in Portuguese under the handle @cleccio. According to X's translation, he opened by saying t...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is set to retire in 2027 and recently spoke about her decades-long career advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. “Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or endin...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
O'Shae Sibley's killer found guilty on hate crime charges What he was convicted of: Dmitriy Popov, who stabbed gay dancer O’Shae Sibley to death in 2023, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and aggravated harassment because of race...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
The planned clinic comes as hospitals face mounting federal pressure over gender-affirming care.
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at "The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia" at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: The Audacity Brunch appeared first on Washin...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
‘Suffs’June 16 – 28National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$115 and upBroadwayatthenational.com Poised to kick off a two-week run at D.C.’s National Theatre (June 16-28), “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical written by Shaina Taub, promises an entertaining chronicle of wha...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
June 14 is Flag Day. That's right, smack in the middle of Pride Month – which celebrates a community that absolutely adores flags – there is a day celebrating a flag. I'm not the first person to notice this. A sketch in season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2021, notice...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
“I want it to look like you.”
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
The scholarship will be used in part to help students who share Blessing’s love of music.
The actress tells the full story in her new memoir Transcendent.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
Notorious transphobe Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost in her state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this week, coming in 5th place as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. And now, Republicans who worked closely with her are speaking o...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
While one would hope it’s easy to calculate a break-even point for a home purchase – such as you could calculate for “how many widgets a month do I need to sell to break even?” It’s not always easy when looking at the return on investment for a home purchase. Condo buildings can ...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
On Oct. 30, 2025, a same-sex couple in South Korea filed a petition with the country's human rights commission after a public institution denied marriage leave to one of the men and later reduced his pay and performance bonus for taking time off for their wedding ceremony. The co...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
On Oct. 30, 2025, a same-sex couple in South Korea filed a petition with the country's human rights commission after a public institution denied marriage leave to one of the men and later reduced his pay and performance bonus for taking time off for their wedding ceremony. The co...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
On Oct. 30, 2025, a same-sex couple in South Korea filed a petition with the country's human rights commission after a public institution denied marriage leave to one of the men and later reduced his pay and performance bonus for taking time off for their wedding ceremony. The co...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
On Oct. 30, 2025, a same-sex couple in South Korea filed a petition with the country's human rights commission after a public institution denied marriage leave to one of the men and later reduced his pay and performance bonus for taking time off for their wedding ceremony. The co...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
In Ghana last week, participants from 20 African nations advanced the latest iteration of the African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Charter, a document African rights activists say threatens to dismantle protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in se...
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
‘Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself’By David Archuletac.2026, Gallery Books$29/290 pages So just make up your mind already. The decision is very much in your control – or, at least that’s how it’s supposed to be. It’ll be your future, your path, and seizing it may not just be...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Nicki Minaj can't take a joke. Trevor Noah, who hosted the Grammy Awards this Sunday in LA, made a joke about her meeting with Donald Trump last week, part of her transformation into a QAnon-believing MAGA supporter. Related Nicki Minaj wants Don Lemon locked up for reporting on ...
About 250 people turned out on Friday, June 12, for D.C.’s annual Silver Pride celebration, which honors and recognizes LGBTQ seniors and their role in advancing LGBTQ rights. The event was held in a large conference hall in the building of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s...
On Oct. 30, 2025, a same-sex couple in South Korea filed a petition with the country's human rights commission after a public institution denied marriage leave to one of the men and later reduced his pay and performance bonus for taking time off for their wedding ceremony. The co...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
Nicki Minaj can't take a joke. Trevor Noah, who hosted the Grammy Awards this Sunday in LA, made a joke about her meeting with Donald Trump last week, part of her transformation into a QAnon-believing MAGA supporter. Related Nicki Minaj wants Don Lemon locked up for reporting on ...
About 250 people turned out on Friday, June 12, for D.C.’s annual Silver Pride celebration, which honors and recognizes LGBTQ seniors and their role in advancing LGBTQ rights. The event was held in a large conference hall in the building of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s...
On Oct. 30, 2025, a same-sex couple in South Korea filed a petition with the country's human rights commission after a public institution denied marriage leave to one of the men and later reduced his pay and performance bonus for taking time off for their wedding ceremony. The co...
Niger is the latest African country to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. The Associated Press on June 12 reported the country’s military junta announced a new penal code under which anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practi...
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican U.S. House candidate and founder of “Pastors for Trump” who is married with five kids, reportedly sent sext messages to a former Miss Oklahoma Caitlin Simmons Key who had worked for him as a fundraiser, The Daily Mail reported in a June 14 article. ...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
LGBTQ+ ally, actress Julia Roberts, delivered a beautiful tribute to Renee Nicole Good — the 37-year-old queer mother of three in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose killing by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last January began a national outcry against the ...
San Francisco police are offering $250,000 to anyone who can help identify the person(s) who targeted six white gay men and murdered them during the late night and early morning hours of nights between late January 1974 to June 1975. Investigators don't think Investigators believ...
Todd Gloria has had a whirlwind two decades as a public servant. Beginning with his successful 2008 San Diego City Council election, followed up by his second successful campaign in 2012 — this time as president of the San Diego City Council — Gloria has been strapped to a rocket...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
A Republican Congressman said that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is "a barely straight" version of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then said that that's why he wouldn't want Talarico "around my young kids." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), age 32, was speaking w...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
Seoul saw dueling LGBTQ+-focused events over the weekend, with tens of thousands showing up for the South Korean capital city’s annual Pride festival while anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators gathered for a counterprotest less than a mile away. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing C...
The administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has now come for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it could mean the end of specialized LGBTQ+ programs at the VA. A new internal memo reportedly instructs the VA to remove LGBTQ+ labels from staff and servi...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
California voters selected its two front runners for the state's open governor seat following the second election of Gavin Newsom. Last week former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra became the Democratic nominee for governor, setting up a general election...
Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and psychology expert, says that Donald Trump is in the worst health he has seen in his decades-long career. "In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric resident...
Noted anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost the Republican primary for South Carolina governor in a truly decisive defeat, coming in fifth place. But the pain and policy that she has brought with her rhetoric still remains and can’t be expected to go out the door with her when s...
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, in a crude post-match stunt, told podcaster Joe Rogan that, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right America?” The incident occurred as part of President Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House lawn on Sunday night. Hokit won his fight then gave ...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
After weeks of calling Democratic state Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, gay, and feminine for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, he's now facing criticism from Republicans for walking back his support. Republicans have spent weeks saying that Talarico is himself "tra...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell. The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass. The occasion was t...
The military junta that took over the Sahara nation of Niger in 2023 announced the country's new penal code last Friday. The new penal code criminalizes homosexuality and imposes a prison sentence of five to ten years. The AP notes that homosexuality wasn't formally illegal in Ni...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
The primaries in California took place almost two weeks ago, but the election is far from over. For Republicans who see a landslide for Democrats heading their way in November, the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the template for undermining the results. California primaries ...
“There Is No Pride in Detention” is the name of a campaign led by Rainbow Migration, the British organization to which I contribute as part of an advisory panel. The campaign, launched during Pride Month, highlights the fact that an unknown number of LGBTQ people are held in immi...
A raid by Malaysian authorities on an alleged "gay spa" in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur late last month saw over 200 individuals arrested, but ultimately yielded no convictions under colonial-era prohibitions on "carnal knowledge" between men. Local police carried out the joi...
After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Josh Hokit won his heavyweight fight against Derrick Lewis during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn on Sunday night, he concluded his victory interview with popular transphobic broadcaster Joe Rogan by declarin...
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Pride on the Pier appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River. (Washington Blade photos by...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
The Dropout TV star talks to Them about interviewing extravagantly made-over comedians and acting in Ponies.
Trottie, 35, was found killed in Alexandria on June 8.
Obsessed much?
The singer-songwriter talks with Them about their new song “Thread” — and why it marks a “turning point.”
From Girls Like Girls to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the warmer months are jam-packed with new releases.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play....
The reality TV star came out in a Pride Month message on Instagram.
The co-director of the lesbian noir said films like Bound give “people a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow out of the closet.”
The fake Talarico is shown singing a parody of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Stars Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson reading streamy posts from fans is the best thing you'll see all day.
The 40-minute video was briefly pulled from YouTube before being republished.
And yes, Symone’s character is named Ayshleiygh.
The 2026 Capital Pride Festival was held on Pennsylvania Ave. on Sunday, June 21. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key and Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Capital Pride Festival and Concert appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
Ending a career he did not want to leave, Master Sgt. Logan Ireland is still fighting to pass on the "opportunity to succeed" in military service to his mentee Clayton McCallister....
A record number of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. are fleeing the president's anti-transgender policies by seeking asylum in other countries, according to a report released last Saturday by the LGBTQ+ asylum relocation assistance group Rainbow Railroad. Simultaneously, fewer LGBTQ+ re...
They are calling on Heritage of Pride to stand with trans youth and block hospitals, including NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai, from participating.
Former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson announced last Thursday that he is leaving the Republican Party. Then, today, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said the same. “I voted Republican my entire life, I have been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican p...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced he will step down once his party chooses his successor. Starmer succeeded Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party in No. 10 Downing St. in 2024. The Labour Party included a ban on so-called conversion therapy in England and Wa...
There has never been a better time to showcase fervent Pride.
The song tells a popular — and misleading — narrative about trans women who date straight cisgender men.
Self-described "proud transphobe" and failed gubernatorial candidate Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) claimed on X on June 18 that American taxpayers are spending money on experiments to turn mice transgender. The network's community notes and journalism disproved her claim. "Animals shoul...
From lesbian space travel to sports romance, find the right vibe for your summer outing.
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer (D) has signed a bill updating parentage laws around in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy to enhance protections for the family-building methods, which are key to many LGBTQ+ families. SB 250 comes at a time when both IVF access and LGBTQ+ right...
"Who is Bubba, and why did Trump blow him?" That's the question from one X user among thousands posed on social media Friday, after an email exchange between sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his brother surfaced, which references Donald Trump and an unknown individual named "Bu...
A piece of LGBTQ+ history is making its first trip outside the U.S. this summer, when a fragment of the original eight-striped rainbow Pride flag goes on display in Cork, Ireland. Earlier this year, San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society museum and officials from the city of Cor...
The internet has been abuzz since Donald Trump posted a photo of a seemingly random woman to Truth Social on Saturday and wrote, "Great daughter. My Honor!!! President DJT." The woman in the picture was clearly not either of the president's daughters, and many interpreted the mom...
A Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives schooled a group of young Republicans who tried to insult her by implying she looked like transgender actress and influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Jennifer Jenkins, who is running in Florida against the incumbent Rep. Mike Haridop...
The Euphoria creator responded to criticism over the show’s depiction of online sex work.
Tens of thousands of people gathered across D.C. over the weekend as Capital Pride celebrated its annual Pride festivities with a parade, festival, concerts, parties, and community events centered on the theme “EXIST. RESIST. Have the Audacity!” Although the events took place a w...
When queer professor Andy Campbell started writing his 2019 book about LGBTQ+ symbols and design, he thought writing about the rainbow flag was boring and stupid. "I had a bad attitude," he tells LGBTQ Nation. "I really felt like so disidentified from it… I could not see what is ...
Abelardo de la Espriella on Sunday narrowly defeated Iván Cepeda in the second round of Colombia’s presidential election. De la Espriella, a far-right lawyer who has praised U.S. President Donald Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, beat Sen. Iván Cepeda, a member of outg...
Donald Trump's gay niece said on Sunday that her uncle's mental health is in a "downward spiral." Journalist Steven Beschloss asked Mary Trump about the president's ragged appearance at the recent G7 summit. "He appeared bloated and wandering in a daze. He seemed genuinely out of...
Amazon MGM said that the film would be “better served” by a “different studio.”
When JD Vance signed on to be Donald Trump's running mate in 2024, he had to know what he was in for. After all, Trump stood by while an angry mob threatened to hang his last vice president, Mike Pence, (and reportedly expressed his support for the idea). But Vance must never hav...
This is the future liberals want.
Scott Ammarell's kids came up with the idea for a "white party" celebrating their dad's birthday on a chartered cruise in Turkey last year. It was the magic-hour culmination of "how loved I felt during the entire week," he says. The cruise marking the gay dad's 65th trip around t...
With each passing day, Donald Trump further affirms his quest to become an authoritarian leader, this time by threatening to arrest a sitting governor amid clashes between the state and the federal government. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has been speaking out against the Tru...
Two Florida cities are standing up to Gov. Ron DeSantis' removal of their rainbow crosswalks by painting rainbow colors on two other highly visible public places. At the start of Pride month, St. Petersburg painted the steps of its city hall in the colors of the Progress Pride fl...
A popular, longtime destination for the gay community in Mobile, Alabama, was forced to close ahead of Pride celebrations in the Gulf Coast city, after an ownership transfer revealed irregularities in the bar's liquor licensing. The three-story B-Bob’s Bar in downtown Mobile shut...
I have spent the past eight years leading programs at Rainbow Railroad that support LGBTQI+ people fleeing persecution and violence. What began as a small, volunteer-led effort has grown over the past two decades into an international organization that has supported more than 50,...
Ragtops rock! For drivers looking to carve their own lane, the world already has enough sensible crossovers, minivans, and pickups. These three convertibles trade practicality for sunshine, wind, and the occasional wild-hair day. BMW Z4 $58,000 MPG: 25 city/33 highway 0 to 60 mph...
The 2026 Capital Pride Parade was held in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 20. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key, Robert Rapanut and Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: 2026 Capital Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay ...
By ANTONIO PLANAS | After a physical confrontation outside an early-voting site Thursday, local union leader Gino Renne filed an assault complaint against Del. Gabriel Acevero, who said he plans to do the same. Each accuses the other of starting the fight and throwing punches in ...
‘Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen’Through July 12Studio Theatre1501 14th St., N.W.$55-$102Studiotheatre.org Wordily yet rightly titled, solo show “Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen” dives deeply into the world of a neurotic stand...
The 2026 Baltimore Pride Festival, "Pride in the Park," was held at Druid Hill Park on Sunday, June 14. (Washington Blade photos by Linus Berggren) The post PHOTOS: Baltimore Pride Festival appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
They danced, they vogued, they acted out and made out on stage to the cheers of the crowd at Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers' awards show in Los Angeles.
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A California county has officially declared June “Traditional Nuclear Family Month,” insisting it’s not an anti-LGBTQ+ gesture.
After several players refused to wear the Pride Night jerseys, Pennsylvania club baseball team York Revolution forfeited the annual game.
The star says she is “honored” by queer readings of Kara Zor-El.
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health rejected the lawsuit as another Trump administration attack on transgender patients and medical providers....
The out rapper posted a new video months after being sentenced to a mental health diversion program.
Get into these spicy LGBTQ+ love stories!
Tom Thailand 2026 will be the country’s first-ever beauty pageant uplifting masc-of-center lesbians, transmasculine people, and trans men.
Mayo said that making it to the Men’s 2026 FIFA World Cup was a career goal.
His sister Kerry Kennedy detailed the story during a CNN interview.
The bizarre food stunt came during the veep’s National Fudge Day appearance on The Five.
Conditions in the jail have reportedly been deteriorating for years.
From Drag Race stars to international professional athletes, public figures are sharing their truth.
The court questioned how authorities would determine who belongs in which restroom.
“Your medical decisions and personal health information belong to you, not the government,” Mamdani wrote in a post to X on June 15.
Bucky Ringsell, the artist behind the display, defended the mural on Instagram.
Shepard Scalf said in an EEOC filing that a parent complained to the district that he was transgender.
Before I can begin a review of “Stop! That! Train!” (the movie that’s been algorithmically dominating your queer social media feed in the form of ads for weeks now), I feel it’s necessary to provide a disclaimer: I am not a superfan of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” That doesn’t mean I’m ...
Donald Trump invaded Venezuela and arrested the Latin American strongman Nicolas Maduro on January 3 in an operation that resulted in at least 80 people's deaths. Trump then said that the U.S. is now "in charge" of the country. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg summe...
I always look forward to Father's Day. But if I'm being honest, it's complicated. For me, and I suspect for many other LGBTQ+ parents, the day arrives as a mixed bag of celebration, uncertainty, and quiet questions. My husband and I observe it together with our kids, but one of u...
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer on June 9 signed SB 250, a bill that helps fill the gaps in the state’s parentage law. SB 250 amends the 2017 Uniform Parentage Act to broaden the state’s legal framework for surrogacy. Prior to SB 250, some children, particularly those born through assis...
From sapphic pop to Mykki Blanco’s comeback, we’ve got you covered.
As Donald Trump continues his ego-driven efforts to secure a legacy both domestically and abroad, one columnist is calling out his endless failed attempts. "Trump sees himself as a strongman and wants the world to see him in the same way," wrote James Ball for The i Paper. "He th...
The bar says they have “no idea” why the account was “deemed inappropriate.”
The city erupted into chaotic celebrations after the Knicks clinched a victory, including spicy make-out sessions.
Dr. SJ Joslin's lawsuit is too soon, according to the court.
Trump administration sues the world's leading trans medical group to suppress gender-affirming care What the lawsuit argues: The WPATH has published the standards of care for trans health care for decades. The Federal Trade Commission, now led by a Trump appointee, is suing the W...
A teacher hired by a Florida school was forced by the superintendent to either resign or be fired (with no reason given) after only three weeks. Now, Shepherd Scalf is filing a discrimination complaint with the ACLU, alleging that the district thought he was trans because he’s in...
Japan is on the verge of instituting a nationwide LGBTQ+ education program, designed to address a lack of public knowledge on gender and sexual diversity in the country, ABC Japan reports. The plan was approved by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) earlier this month and i...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the administration sending a gay man to a prison camp in El Salvador and not even knowing if he's still alive. Noem said that it wasn't her problem. Noem, who has bragged in the past about shooting...
Friday, June 19 Trans and Genderqueer Game Night will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBTQ+ Community Center. This is a relaxing, laid-back evening of games and fun. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website. Saturday, June 20 Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Community Pride Brunch” at ...
For our Pride series, Stop! That! Train! star Jujubee honors the film’s commander-in-chief.
The Republicans have been running a campaign to claim that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is secretly a trans woman. While there wouldn’t be anything wrong with Talarico being trans, the Republicans clearly think there is. The attacks are based on transphobia and homophobia,...
I am a Chicagoan whose daughter is transgender. But that is not the most important fact about her. My daughter loves fashion, sings in choir, is active at church, and is, by every measure, your classic American teenager. Yet it is her gender identity that politicians in Washingto...
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie,” McMechan told People.
Donald Trump is facing scrutiny online after a clip went viral showing him falling asleep in the Oval Office during a press event, waking up, and falling asleep again. The clip is from an event where Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr announced a new deal with ...
Some members of the MLB team wrote Genesis citations on their hats in an apparent act of protest.
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. There's a great assortment of inspiring and heartwarming stories in this week's Good News Roundup, includi...
A digital rights advocacy group is reupping its call to ban biometric facial recognition technology in bars and other venues serving the LGBTQ+ community after new reporting revealed widespread use of the technology in San Francisco's Castro District. This week, Gazetteer SF put ...
The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.
Ahead of Pride demonstrations this month, two U.K. stores put up window art that supported trans people who had scars from top surgery, one at a LUSH store, and another at an Amnesty bookstore. This particularly angered anti-trans freelance journalist and campaigner Janet Murray,...
A list of 30 agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) shows that 29 of them have been charged with sexual offenses, and two-thirds committed sexual crimes against children, according to a list published by the Ohio Immigrant...
June is Pride Month for LGBTQ+ communities nationwide — and parades abound! But as we all rev up each June for Pride, many of us also grow more aware of the fault lines of race, gender identities, class, and more that still remain; especially today on Juneteenth. This Pride Month...
Two Ontario teens have been charged with mischief after allegedly tearing down a secondary school flag and setting it on fire. The act, which is being investigated as a hate crime, took place in the city of Markham around 11 pm on June 8. York Regional Police have identified Sepe...
During a hearing on blue-state sanctuary policies for immigrants, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) berated New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) for allegedly smiling while the Congresswoman spoke about Laken Riley, a young woman who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant and whose...
If you caught a frisson of sapphic chemistry in Sister Act, there’s a good reason, according to Wendy Makkena. This week, the You Might Know Her From podcast reposted an archive clip from their 2021 interview with Makkena, in which she explained that she imagined her character in...
An independent minor league baseball team says it is forfeiting a game because some of its players refused to wear a special Pride Night jersey. The Atlantic League Pro Baseball’s York Revolution were planning to hold their 11th annual Pride Night event Thursday for a game agains...
The primary is just about over and we are about to have a new mayor in D.C. For the first time D.C. has ranked choice voting. Because of this, we don’t have a final winner for every race on election night. It will take a few days to declare some winners. I opposed ranked choice, ...
Entre los sonidos vibrantes de la batucada, las luces de colores, la música y los mensajes de reivindicación, el 5 de junio se llevó a cabo una nueva edición de “Mani Fiesta tu Orgullo”, un evento que durante los últimos cuatro años se ha convertido en una de las actividades más ...
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who heads up the Civil Rights Division of President Donald Trump's Justice Department, waded into the ongoing Major League Baseball (MLB) cap controversy, stoking outrage over the league's reaction to a San Francisco Giants player ...
Fellow citizens and voters in the District of Columbia!Primary Day has passed. By now there should be some idea whom our new Congressional representative, mayor and members of the City Council may be. Hopefully Mr. Trump's chest beating threats to take over the District resulted ...
An Erie City, Pennsylvania city councilmember who intentionally misgendered a colleague from the dais last week is suffering the backlash, with dozens of outraged constituents showing up to a Wednesday night council meeting to share their displeasure. The councilman, Ed Brzezinsk...
A church leader in Indianapolis is doubling down on a sermon delivered at the Sure Foundation Baptist Church in the state's capital city last week that called on gay people to "blow yourself in the back of the head," among other incendiary statements. Church leader Justin Zhong e...
The rising stars of the steamy, runaway HBO hit Heated Rivalry, which is about hockey players who repeatedly scored with each other, are now scoring with major advertisers too, even as Pride events struggle to hold on to sponsors. Their sculpted bottoms play important supporting ...
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Inflammatory Fox host Jesse Watters spoke on The Five about how the only reason Hillary Clinton will be remembered in history is because she's "a female." "These are the times to be alive. Historians will look back in 100 years. They're not gonna look at the fake news stuff… They...
As states across the country grapple with a rapidly changing federal landscape under President Donald Trump, governors have increasingly become the first line of defense — or enforcement — on issues ranging from healthcare and education to LGBTQ rights. Nowhere is that more appar...
The Delaware Public Archives is set to unveil a new State of Delaware Historical Marker recognizing Rehoboth’s Poodle Beach Saturday, June 27, at 9 a.m. The unveiling will take place at the corner of Prospect Street and the South Boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Del. The unveiling ce...
Gallup Poll released global survey data on the state of gay and lesbian rights, and it's pretty clear that we're now in the midst of not just a national stagnation, but a global one that is affecting the lives of tens of millions of LGBTQ+ people. Gallup has been asking people ar...
A New Jersey cop who was fired for using an anti-gay slur on the job returned to work earlier this month, following a two-year legal battle. Roselle, New Jersey, police chief Stacey Williams was fired in July 2024 and had his law enforcement license suspended after an investigati...
D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) emerged as the presumed winner in the city’s June 16 Democratic primary for D.C. mayor as her lead opponent, former Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-At-Large) conceded the race Thursday, June 18. Both Lewis George and McDuffie ha...
In May, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHC) to resume providing gender-affirming care to trans youth after it suspended the program in January. Now, it says that they are resuming the program, but that doctors are refusing to provide the care for...
From new comedies to the return of House of the Dragon, there’s lots of queer TV to keep you company this summer.
The Trump administration updated the language describing a small federal grant program in what experts are calling a "Trojan horse" that could have sweeping implications for IVF access and reproductive rights overall. The Embryo Adoption Awareness and Services Program is a public...
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will fund small grassroots organizations with a focus on protecting queer and trans people.
The Netherlands will ban conversion therapy after the Senate voted 75 to 57 in favor of legislation to eradicate the harmful practice. The Dutch House of Representatives has already approved the bill, which will reportedly punish anyone who practices conversion therapy on childre...
The Barack Obama Presidential Center held media previews on Thursday ahead of its official Juneteenth opening, marking the debut of the first presidential center dedicated to the 44th and only Black U.S. president. The 19.3-acre campus, located on Chicago's South Side within hist...
An intersex teacher in Florida who was fired is alleging in a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filing that he was terminated based on assumptions that he was transgender. Shepard Scalf in the filing says he was assigned female at birth but identifies as male. According...
Adam Trapski had his first brush with motorsports in the 1990s in New Zealand, when he was a young flag marshal. That's one of the race officials you see along the track waving flags at drivers to share critical road conditions. Trapski's family had a problem with that, and more....
They are trying to figure out how to reconnect LGBTQ+ youth with specialized suicide counselors while complying with policies that deny recognition of trans people. The LGBTQ+ community is skeptical....
Daniel Arnulfo Ceron, 22, was arrested on June 10 in connection to the violent killing.
The Washington Blade this week published a new glossy magazine, titled “Queering America 250,” a look back at the many contributions that LGBTQ people have made to the founding of the country through the present day. From Colonial times to modern pop culture, the magazine aims to...
Editor’s note: This is part of the “Queering America 250” LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Frederick Crist Trump Jr. (Fred Trump Jr.) was born on October 14, 1938, in Queens, New York City. The eldest son of Mary Anne MacLeod Trump and real estate developer Fred Trump Sr., as well as the older brother of Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) and sisters Elizabeth and ...
Editor’s note: This is part of the “Queering America 250” LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Chad Essert, the 44-year-old Republican police chief of Bethel, Ohio, was arrested and indicted last Thursday on 56 counts of sexual battery and 14 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He faces up to 280 years in prison if convicted on all charges. The alleged incident...
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Vice President J.D. Vance wrote a social media message seemingly supporting an Major League Baseball player who wrote a Bible verse on their baseball cap during a June 12 Pride Night event at the Oracle Park ballpark in San Francisco, California. The image that Vance commented on...
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Christian nationalist Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers (R) lost his re-election bid yesterday as he came in dead last in a three-way Republican primary for his state Senate seat. Deevers received only 29.93% of all votes, placing third behind his opponents, C...
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
“I want it to look like you.”
The campy competition is moving out of Brooklyn — and charging more.
The Trump administration took the next step in its attack on gender-affirming care for trans youth on Wednesday, filing a lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the leading global organization focused on transgender health and the prima...
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Legendary actor Robert De Niro did not mince words when he spoke of his feelings about Donald Trump at a Sunday event for democracy. Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment took place at The Town Hall in New York City to call on people to stand up against authoritari...
Mark Segal was a witness to history and a participant on "just another night out" at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. The soon-to-be activist was just 18 when he arrived in New York City a few weeks before from his hometown in Philadelphia. He discovered Greenwich Village not ...
A high school Pride Month display telling students to "Have a Gay Summer!" sparked conservative outrage across the country after an angry parent shared a photo of the message on social media. In the photo at Massachusetts's Dartmouth High School, the bright-colored letters are ta...
A transgender woman and community fixture in Birmingham, Alabama was found dead in the city's jail last week, part of a pattern of neglect and deplorable conditions in the facility, trans advocates say. Another inmate died just three days later after an attempted suicide, accordi...
Only 16% of Americans approve of the event.
The Advocate spoke with four survivors who dedicated their lives to changing the world since a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting....
A purely train-based review of the queer comedy spectacle.
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Editor's note: This is part of the "Queering America 250" LGBTQ history magazine published by the Washington Blade. The glossy magazine is free and available across the D.C. region during Pride. You can find it here: Annie’s, As You Are, Bunker, Crush, DIK Bar, District Eagle, Gr...
Terrified of becoming targets of right wing media and activists, businesses and brands are fleeing Pride support in 2026. The fear of boycotts and retribution have seen Pride sponsorships plummet to previously unseen levels. Further, there is now a complete corporate reevaluation...
The 51st annual Capital Pride is already underway with parties and events throughout D.C. The Capital Pride Parade and Capital Pride Festival are the two large signature events slated for this weekend, though there are many other LGBTQ Pride celebrations planned for venues throug...
It was an “all hands on deck” situation. That’s how Lambda Legal fellow Nephetari Smith described it. The Trump administration’s abrupt removal of the rainbow flag from the Stonewall National Monument in February – under the guise of adhering to “government-wide guidance” – spark...
The vice president appeared on both The View and Fox News yesterday to promote his book about religion. On The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked him about racism in the Trump administration, and he acted like he didn't know what she was talking about. Then, while on Fox News, h...
Editor’s note: This is the first of two reports on the race for Delaware attorney general. Next week: An interview with the incumbent candidate, Kathy Jennings.) Delaware is known as the state of “firsts” and it could deliver another first in this year’s elections if Dwayne Bensi...
Anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant, white nationalist influencer Gregory Moffitt (also known on social media as "Young Bob") was beaten up while holding a public debate in Manchester, England, last weekend. Video shows Moffitt debating a dark-skinned man with gray dreadlocks while seate...
Ian McKellen channeled his fury at Trump into archvillain role in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Iconic out actor Ian McKellen says he shouted “Mar-a-Lago” to get into his character’s destructive headspace while filming Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. The latest installment in Marvel...
Pride began as an uprising against a political system that told LGBTQ people they did not belong. More than 50 years later, after what many believed was a lasting cultural shift toward acceptance, that progress now feels increasingly fragile. What once seemed like hard-won inclus...
Blog #1: I was excited about my trip even though Gate 1 Travel notified me there was a change in the itinerary. France decided to close the Burgundy canal for long overdue repairs, so we would be traveling on the C. du Rhone au Rhin. I boarded my Air France flight arriving in Par...
I had a thought provoking conversation with Billy Porter over Memorial Day weekend. The talented and opinionated star asked me how things were going at the Blade and in D.C. given the current administration in the White House. It was a loaded question. The short answer is that th...
Maryland voters will see LGBTQ candidates on ballots across the state when they head to the polls for the June 23 primary election. Evan Glass, an at-large member of the Montgomery County Council, is the current frontrunner in the Montgomery County Executive race. He made history...
The Dutch Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would ban so-called conversion therapy in the Netherlands. NL Times, an online Dutch newspaper, reported 57 of 75 senators backed the proposal. The Dutch House of Representatives, the lower house of the country’s parliament, approv...
Conservatives are up in arms over the fact that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) appointed a trans rights supporter to the state’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. Kellen MacBeth, the founder and president of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Arlington, has "a long history of pushing gend...
D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) was leading former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie (D-At-Large) in the D.C. primary race for mayor late Tuesday night by a margin of 52.79 percent of the vote compared to 36.57 percent for McDuffie with 64 percent of the vot...
Activists around the world are marking Pride month this year against the backdrop of war and geopolitical tensions with the U.S. KyivPride on June 21 will hold its annual Pride march in the Ukrainian capital. The group, which is raising funds for the country's air defense, on Jun...
JD Vance was on Fox News' The Five yesterday to promote his book about religion. As the segment ended, host Jesse Watters – who is obsessed with performing heterosexual masculinity – noted that it was National Fudge Day, said that that's "too gay," and so instead he had the vice ...
The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget.
Whenever people ask Gregory Marks, “When did you come out?” it earns a laugh from the retired opera singer. "I’ve always been out. I didn’t have a dramatic reveal or a tortured confession. I was simply a fat queer kid who knew exactly who he was," he tells LGBTQ Nation. Related "...
A couple weeks ago, I was walking into my school’s cafeteria, about to get lunch. As I navigated around groups of students, I heard a student shouting “ fa**ot!” over and over again at one of his friends, as some kind of joke or playful insult. How do I know it was a joke? Becaus...
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) officially kicked off her re-election campaign this week with a grueling tour of her state that saw her visit 57 municipalities in just 57 hours. The tour culminated Monday evening in Rehoboth Beach with a packed crowd at the Convention Center. At leas...
Archibald’s Gentlemen’s Club, which has offered adult entertainment in the nation’s capital involving nude female dancers since it first opened in 1969 at 1520 K St., N.W., will offer nude male dancers beginning Saturday night, June 20, according to co-owner Thom Naylor. The fema...
About 250 people turned out on Friday, June 12, for D.C.’s annual Silver Pride celebration, which honors and recognizes LGBTQ seniors and their role in advancing LGBTQ rights. The event was held in a large conference hall in the building of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s...
A new poll from Harris coinciding with Pride Month indicates that LGBTQ+ employees are feeling the same chill the current administration's attacks on DEI and the community itself are having on American society more broadly, with a majority of LGBTQ+ workers saying they are now se...
Edwin Feulner, a former congressional aide in Washington who rose to prominence as a co-founder of the influential Christian Nationalist right-wing think-tank, The Heritage Foundation, died on Friday. He was 83. The Heritage Foundation announced his death but provided no details....
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction against Idaho's new law, which would've given prison time to transgender people who use government and business restrooms that differ from the sex that they were assigned at birth. Idaho’s attorney general, Raul R. Labrador, has pledg...
In a bizarre video that is being compared to a Saturday Night Live sketch, the office of the U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas, led by appointee Herschel Walker, warned Americans visiting the archipelagic country that "Jet ski rentals pose a serious risk of injury, death, and sexual...
Samar Halabi and her husband, Amjad Muhtaseb, both attended the Republican Party of Texas Convention, which was held in Houston from June 11 to 13, because, as Muhtaseb explained to The Texas Tribune, “We believe in Adam and Eve. We don’t believe in this, multiple genders. We don...
While researching my forthcoming book, We Refuse to Disappear: Resistance Amid Anti-Trans Education Policy, I heard a story from Alabama that I cannot stop thinking about. An elementary school student walked into class, looked at a bulletin board that had once displayed a rainbow...
In a post attacking the media for its coverage of his strike on Iran, President Donald Trump referred to CNN host Anderson Cooper as "Allison Cooper" in a seemingly homophobic dig, implying that he is basically a woman because he is gay. The insult also implies that being stereot...
A gay couple leaving a restaurant during a night market event was taunted, chased, and then beaten by at least one man in a group shouting homophobic slurs. The attack happened in Caldwell, Idaho, a small city west of the capital in Boise, Idaho6 News reports Related Wanna pee in...
Jafer Karausta — a 19-year-old social media influencer from Cambridge, England — came out to his Muslim mom on video. Her refusal to accept him left both of them in tears. He spent the rest of the video explaining to her that he can't change his sexual orientation and promising n...
A cisgender Washington state high school wrestler is suing state officials, her school district, and others, claiming that a transgender opponent sexually assaulted her during a match. Last week, anti-LGBTQ+ Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a ...
Math teacher Christian Shearhod went viral for his passionate lesson on acceptance that helps students understand what is and is not "gay." Shearhod, who is straight, was addressing how the term is often used as an insult against people who do not conform to gender expectations. ...
Out MS Now host Rachel Maddow pointed out in a Monday segment how suspicious it is that Donald Trump has continued to block the opening of a critical new bridge connecting the United States and Canada. The Gordie Howe International Bridge connects Detroit, Michigan, to Ontario, C...
The nonbinary ranger who was fired for displaying a large trans flag at Yosemite National Park last year has had their lawsuit against the federal government dismissed by a judge. The dismissal came not on the merits of the case, but on a technicality, which requires them to wait...
The city of Key West, Florida, has been forced to end a Pride-themed art initiative due to the state's anti-DEI law. On Friday, the Key West Business Guild wrote on social media that the city attorney had "confirmed what many feared and sadly what we anticipated: Florida's new Se...
People are reacting strongly to images of Donald Trump appearing excessively fatigued as he met with French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday for the G7 summit. "Trump looks like death warmed over," independent journalist Aaron Rupar wrote while sharing a picture of the two pre...
Vice President JD Vance now says it was "boneheaded" of him to call several prominent Democrats "childless cat ladies." In his new book Communion, Vance said that the comments were "One of the dumbest things I ever said." Related Pete Buttigieg is playing JD Vance in Tim Walz's d...
The French legislature observed a minute of silence for a teenager who was killed in a potential homophobic hate crime last month. Two men, ages 20 and 27, allegedly attacked a 19-year-old identified only by the first name Noahm in the media late at night on May 29 in the city of...
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The 2026 Capital Pride Festival was held on Pennsylvania Ave. on Sunday, June 21. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key and Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Capital Pride Festival and Concert appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.
Ending a career he did not want to leave, Master Sgt. Logan Ireland is still fighting to pass on the "opportunity to succeed" in military service to his mentee Clayton McCallister.
A record number of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. are fleeing the president's anti-transgender policies by seeking asylum in other countries, according to a report released last Saturday by the LGBTQ+ asylum relocation assistance group Rainbow Railroad. Simultaneously, fewer LGBTQ+ refugees from other an
They are calling on Heritage of Pride to stand with trans youth and block hospitals, including NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai, from participating.
Former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson announced last Thursday that he is leaving the Republican Party. Then, today, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said the same. “I voted Republican my entire life, I have been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican party, but there is n
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced he will step down once his party chooses his successor. Starmer succeeded Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party in No. 10 Downing St. in 2024. The Labour Party included a ban on so-called conversion therapy in England and Wales in its elections
There has never been a better time to showcase fervent Pride.
The song tells a popular — and misleading — narrative about trans women who date straight cisgender men.
Self-described "proud transphobe" and failed gubernatorial candidate Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) claimed on X on June 18 that American taxpayers are spending money on experiments to turn mice transgender. The network's community notes and journalism disproved her claim. "Animals should not be used for ra
From lesbian space travel to sports romance, find the right vibe for your summer outing.
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer (D) has signed a bill updating parentage laws around in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy to enhance protections for the family-building methods, which are key to many LGBTQ+ families. SB 250 comes at a time when both IVF access and LGBTQ+ rights are being threaten
"Who is Bubba, and why did Trump blow him?" That's the question from one X user among thousands posed on social media Friday, after an email exchange between sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his brother surfaced, which references Donald Trump and an unknown individual named "Bubba." Related Epstei
A piece of LGBTQ+ history is making its first trip outside the U.S. this summer, when a fragment of the original eight-striped rainbow Pride flag goes on display in Cork, Ireland. Earlier this year, San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society museum and officials from the city of Cork signed an agreemen
The internet has been abuzz since Donald Trump posted a photo of a seemingly random woman to Truth Social on Saturday and wrote, "Great daughter. My Honor!!! President DJT." The woman in the picture was clearly not either of the president's daughters, and many interpreted the moment as indicative of
A Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives schooled a group of young Republicans who tried to insult her by implying she looked like transgender actress and influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Jennifer Jenkins, who is running in Florida against the incumbent Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), posted
The Euphoria creator responded to criticism over the show’s depiction of online sex work.
Tens of thousands of people gathered across D.C. over the weekend as Capital Pride celebrated its annual Pride festivities with a parade, festival, concerts, parties, and community events centered on the theme “EXIST. RESIST. Have the Audacity!” Although the events took place a week later than usual
When queer professor Andy Campbell started writing his 2019 book about LGBTQ+ symbols and design, he thought writing about the rainbow flag was boring and stupid. "I had a bad attitude," he tells LGBTQ Nation. "I really felt like so disidentified from it… I could not see what is still so radical abo
Abelardo de la Espriella on Sunday narrowly defeated Iván Cepeda in the second round of Colombia’s presidential election. De la Espriella, a far-right lawyer who has praised U.S. President Donald Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, beat Sen. Iván Cepeda, a member of outgoing President Gusta
Donald Trump's gay niece said on Sunday that her uncle's mental health is in a "downward spiral." Journalist Steven Beschloss asked Mary Trump about the president's ragged appearance at the recent G7 summit. "He appeared bloated and wandering in a daze. He seemed genuinely out of it," Beschloss said
Amazon MGM said that the film would be “better served” by a “different studio.”
When JD Vance signed on to be Donald Trump's running mate in 2024, he had to know what he was in for. After all, Trump stood by while an angry mob threatened to hang his last vice president, Mike Pence, (and reportedly expressed his support for the idea). But Vance must never have bet that his slavi
This is the future liberals want.
Scott Ammarell's kids came up with the idea for a "white party" celebrating their dad's birthday on a chartered cruise in Turkey last year. It was the magic-hour culmination of "how loved I felt during the entire week," he says. The cruise marking the gay dad's 65th trip around the sun was eight day
With each passing day, Donald Trump further affirms his quest to become an authoritarian leader, this time by threatening to arrest a sitting governor amid clashes between the state and the federal government. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has been speaking out against the Trump administration's
Two Florida cities are standing up to Gov. Ron DeSantis' removal of their rainbow crosswalks by painting rainbow colors on two other highly visible public places. At the start of Pride month, St. Petersburg painted the steps of its city hall in the colors of the Progress Pride flag. Related City for
A popular, longtime destination for the gay community in Mobile, Alabama, was forced to close ahead of Pride celebrations in the Gulf Coast city, after an ownership transfer revealed irregularities in the bar's liquor licensing. The three-story B-Bob’s Bar in downtown Mobile shuttered with little wa
Donald Trump invaded Venezuela and arrested the Latin American strongman Nicolas Maduro on January 3 in an operation that resulted in at least 80 people's deaths. Trump then said that the U.S. is now "in charge" of the country. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg summed up the reason why
I always look forward to Father's Day. But if I'm being honest, it's complicated. For me, and I suspect for many other LGBTQ+ parents, the day arrives as a mixed bag of celebration, uncertainty, and quiet questions. My husband and I observe it together with our kids, but one of us usually gets to en
I have spent the past eight years leading programs at Rainbow Railroad that support LGBTQI+ people fleeing persecution and violence. What began as a small, volunteer-led effort has grown over the past two decades into an international organization that has supported more than 50,000 people around th
Ragtops rock! For drivers looking to carve their own lane, the world already has enough sensible crossovers, minivans, and pickups. These three convertibles trade practicality for sunshine, wind, and the occasional wild-hair day. BMW Z4 $58,000 MPG: 25 city/33 highway 0 to 60 mph: 5.2 seconds Trunk
As Donald Trump continues his ego-driven efforts to secure a legacy both domestically and abroad, one columnist is calling out his endless failed attempts. "Trump sees himself as a strongman and wants the world to see him in the same way," wrote James Ball for The i Paper. "He thinks Congress and th
The 2026 Capital Pride Parade was held in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 20. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key, Robert Rapanut and Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: 2026 Capital Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.
By ANTONIO PLANAS | After a physical confrontation outside an early-voting site Thursday, local union leader Gino Renne filed an assault complaint against Del. Gabriel Acevero, who said he plans to do the same. Each accuses the other of starting the fight and throwing punches in an incident Thursday
Trump administration sues the world's leading trans medical group to suppress gender-affirming care What the lawsuit argues: The WPATH has published the standards of care for trans health care for decades. The Federal Trade Commission, now led by a Trump appointee, is suing the WPATH, saying that it
A teacher hired by a Florida school was forced by the superintendent to either resign or be fired (with no reason given) after only three weeks. Now, Shepherd Scalf is filing a discrimination complaint with the ACLU, alleging that the district thought he was trans because he’s intersex. “Receiving t
Japan is on the verge of instituting a nationwide LGBTQ+ education program, designed to address a lack of public knowledge on gender and sexual diversity in the country, ABC Japan reports. The plan was approved by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) earlier this month and is expected to get a
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the administration sending a gay man to a prison camp in El Salvador and not even knowing if he's still alive. Noem said that it wasn't her problem. Noem, who has bragged in the past about shooting her dog to death, a
The Republicans have been running a campaign to claim that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is secretly a trans woman. While there wouldn’t be anything wrong with Talarico being trans, the Republicans clearly think there is. The attacks are based on transphobia and homophobia, but beyond that, th
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