This story is a joint investigation with The Advocate.On Tuesday, residents of four U.S. states — Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington — will vote on whether to ban transgender athletes from organized sports. Each state has a ballot measure backed by political action committees that spearhead
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A new YouGov/Economist poll included two questions about trans and non-binary identities in the United States. The startling results show just how much people believe Democrats will handle trans rights better than the Republicans, with a 29-point margin separating support for the...
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There are more than 100,000 LGBTQIA+ residents in the District of Columbia, and every single one of us deserves to be prioritized. We deserve to be seen, heard, and put first. Janeese Lewis George’s goal of delivering a “People First” approach offers renewed hope and possibility....
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D.C.’s Rainbow History Project has named former Washington Blade publisher Lynne Brown as a 2026 LGBTQ Community Pioneer, a role the group says recognizes “instrumental” contributions to the D.C. LGBTQ community. A statement released by Rainbow History Project says Brown will be ...
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More than a dozen LGBTQ+ venues across the country have had their Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended by the social media platforms’ parent company, Meta, in recent months, often with no explanation and no response from an actual human at the company. “We still don’t know w...
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Elon Musk is blowing a right-wing dogwhistle ahead of the midterm elections by posting what appear to be AI-generated images of Star Wars antihero Anakin Skywalker sitting for a Sith family portrait. “This is what they stole from us,” Musk wrote on X, accompanying a doctored imag...
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A Democratic leader in Iowa announced she does not support the state's Democratic US Senate candidate after he released an anti-trans ad last week. Kathy Winter, chair of the Osceola County Democratic Party, released a statement slamming state Rep. Josh Turek's ad declaring that ...
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Donald Trump claimed the US acquired Greenland while he listed his administration's accomplishments in Dubuque, Iowa, on Saturday. Trump was discussing how much money he claims the US has plundered from Venezuela over the past two years when he mentioned "our acquisition for zero...
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On Sunday, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling responded to a person criticizing her anti-transgender views by pointing out his fetish gear and making fun of his glasses … you know, the thing that the central character of her uber-famous book series also wears!The exchange began ear...
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According to the polls, Democrats are looking at a really good night tomorrow. Democrats are all but certain to take control of the House, the only question is how many seats they'll win. The Senate races in key states are a lot closer, but even there, pollsters are predicting De...
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When most people think of Revolutionary War heroes, the powdered wigs and stoic paintings of George Washington or the Marquis de Lafayette come to mind. But there is another hero who was instrumental in securing America's victory over the British 250 years ago — and he was gay. H...
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Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, is being praised on social media for his response to the media frenzy over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsing El Sayed's Republican opponent. While being peppered with questions over the endorsement, El-Sayed quieted re...
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Out soccer legend Megan Rapinoe – who has long been a staunch supporter of trans rights – recently explained why the debate over the "fairness" of trans women athletes competing on women's teams is completely misguided. On the Who's With Me? podcast, W. Kamau Bell asked Rapinoe, ...
