A company that owns prominent magazines has faced backlash over a recent appointment. The individual in question has ties to a certain political figure. This person was given a role to help the company grow and expand its audience.
Their position was described as focusing on growth and innovation. The company's leadership team includes this new member. The company has since announced the resignation of this individual from its board, citing a statement that expressed a desire to support the community.
It came as a big surprise to a lot of Emmy Award viewers on Monday night when screens for the In Memoriam segment lit up with a picture of Bob Mackie, the behind-the-scenes fashion legend behind the 70s-era glamour looks for Cher, Carol Burnett, and countless other variety stars ...
Jay Katari has resigned from the board of equalpride, which owns The Advocate, Out, and Them.The news comes one day after queer and transgender editors and other editorial staff at the country’s leading LGBTQ+ newsroom demanded answers about Katari's expanded role in the company ...
The Denver City Council is considering an ordinance to limit the collection and sharing of information on sexual orientation and gender identity by city agencies as a way to protect LGBTQ+ people from state and federal probes. The ordinance, according to The Denver Gazette, would...
Entertainment has been bittersweet for queer people. We've lost Dolly Parton, Bob Mackie, and Tim Curry. We've seen a 41 percent drop in queer characters on television due to TV cancellations. So you likely weren't expecting the Emmys to be a particularly queer affair. And yet, t...
A queer bookstore in Govanhill in Glasgow, Scotland, was vandalized. Vandals smashed its window, which had a message that read, “Trans liberation now.” Seeking community support to repair the window and install security shutters, the owners of the store, which is named Category I...
On September 14, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down proposed changes by the Trump administration to limit mail-in ballot voting. This decision comes just a month and a half before the midterm elections in November. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 31 aime...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) "despicable" for "laughing" during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony, but video doesn't back his claim. "In an unforgettable clip that we've all seen, I don't think you ca...
Chris Gallant, the out Democratic candidate for New York’s First Congressional District, says he’s “not embarrassed or ashamed” of a series of racy photos that recently resurfaced in media reports. Over the weekend, right-wing outlet the New York Post reported that more than a de...
Meidas Touch reporter Pablo Manríquez asked several lawmakers on Monday how they feel about the president's repeated claims that America has entered a golden age under his leadership. And they had some very pointed thoughts. Related "I'm out of jokes": Jaws drop as White House cr...
Brian and Brant Rawls-McQuillan began building their family a bit more than 12 years ago. Although it wasn't too far in the past, the landscape for LGBTQ+ families looked entirely different. Social media feeds weren't flooded with happy queer families; it was far less common to b...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Episcopal Church has its first transgender dean of a cathedralThe Very Rev. Micah Cronin in August became dean of All Saints’ Cathedral in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin faith leader told the Episcopal News Service in an interview publ...
Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body has proposed replacing the term “LGBT” with “LGSP,” grouping lesbian and gay people with sodomy and sexual abuse, as it prepares a proposed law that would criminalize conduct and advocacy it consideres prohibited. Asrorun Niam Sholeh, head of ...
