LGBTQ News
If you’re caught in the scroll, are you sure you’re not gay?About half of LGBTQ+ Americans say that they are part of an online community, a percentage much higher than our straight and cisgender counterparts, according to new data released by the Pew Research Center based on a su...
This article contains spoilers for the plot of Red, White, & Royal Blue — and for the results of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, but you’ve probably heard about those.Americans across the country are rejoicing after Texas flipped blue, electing James Talarico as the state’s firs...
Crush Dance Bar (2007 14th Street, N.W.) was packed on Saturday night for a Halloween costume contest. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Halloween at Crush appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
This story originally appeared on Out.Ariana DeBose did the thing!Well, the talented queer actress has actually done quite a few incredible things throughout her career. The Out100 cover star has already made history for the LGBTQ+ community by winning the Academy Award for Best ...
Quinnie Perez has been elected to the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District in Florida, making her the state's first out trans elected official. Perez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and has "deep roots in farm life," according to her bio shared by the LGBTQ+ V...
Last night was historic across the board, but it was an especially historic night in Texas. Democrats James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa flipped a Senate seat and the governorship, respectively, making Talarico the state's first Democratic Senator since 1988 and Hinojosa the state'...
Incumbent Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes declared victory, and the state now has a Democratic trifecta as the party won control of the legislature while maintaining the governorship. But it's not all good news in Arizona: an anti-trans ballot initiative passed. Check out the...
Conservative media dug up some old, sexual photos that Chris Gallant posed for when he was young, but he refused to be shamed and even tried to turn the pictures into a chance to speak out for people who have digital pasts. The race is still close, but the New York Times has call...
LGBTQ+ rights supporter and longtime politician Troy Jackson has defeated Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). His victory gave Democrats control of the Senate. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Join us for 24 hour election coverage. on LGBTQNation.com...
Marni von Wilpert, currently a San Diego City Council member, won her congressional race in California's 48th Congressional District, which is currently held by a Republican. Read our full article about her election victory here. Check out the latest about America votes in the 20...
Out transgender Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) won re-election after running unopposed in Montana’s 95th House District, according to Decision Desk HQ, which called her race at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. In 2022, she made history as the first out trans person to be elect...
According to MS NOW, Democrats will be the majority party in the House of Representatives in the next session of Congress. It's the first time that Democrats have had control of the House since 2022. MS NOW predicted that Democrats will hold 244 House seats and Republicans will h...
Bentley Hudgins has made history as the first transgender and nonbinary person elected to Georgia's General Assembly. She defeated her opponent, Republican Samantha Boston, Decision Desk HQ announced at 8:19 p.m. local time. Bentley Hudgins is a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist w...
Out lesbian Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has won re-election, the Associated Press has reported. Read our article about her victory. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Join us for 24 hour election coverage. on LGBTQNation.com...
Anti-trans incumbent Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) is in a close race with opponent Kelly Thompson (D) in what is typically a safe red seat. "This is a safe republican seat, and its down to the wire. WOW," wrote trans journalist Erin Reed on Bluesky. As of now, Stutzman is leading ...
Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday won re-election after he defeated Republican Dan Cox. Moore defeated Cox by a 62.55-33.17 percent margin. Cox and Moore faced off in the state's 2022 gubernatorial election. Boafo to succeed Hoyer in Congress Lieutenant Gov. Aruna Mil...
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Tuesday defeated Republican Bert Mizusawa. Warner beat Mizusawa by a 61.06-38.67 percent margin. Democrats on Tuesday flipped one Virginia seats in the U.S. House of Representatives: former Congresswoman Elaine Luria defeated U.S. Rep. J...
Out US House Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA) won reelection on Tuesday night, winning 64.7% of the vote over her Republican opponent Teresa Fox, who only won 35.2% of the vote, according to The New York Times. Randall made history in 2024 as the first out queer Latina elected to Congre...
Democratic US Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, has defeated his anti-LGBTQ+ Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, according to Decision Desk HQ. El-Sayed had won 51.77% of the vote compared to Rogers' 46.23%, as of 1:47 am local time. Read our full article about El-Sayed...
Bisexual Rep. Sharice (D-KS) won reelection to the US House, winning 59.55% of the vote over her Republican opponent, Eric Jenkins, who only won 38.4%, the Associated Press reported Tuesday night. Davids made history in 2018 as the first-ever openly lesbian Native American electe...
Democrat US Senate candidate Troy Jackson has defeated Maine Sen. Susan Collins, according to Maine Public. Collins has held the seat since being elected to it in 1996. Though the Associated Press has not called the race, Collins reportedly called Jackson to concede. Read our ful...
Out gay Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL) won re-election to the US House, winning 59% of the vote over his Republican opponent, Dillan Vancil, who only won 40%, according to Decision Desk HQ. Read our full article about his victory here. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2...
Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D) has made history by becoming the first out gay man to represent his state in the US House. The Associated Press called the race on Tuesday night, with Moss winning 59.93% of all votes and his opponent, Republican candidate Ethan Baker, winning ...
Gay Democrat JD Ford has been declared the winner in the race for U.S. House in Indiana’s 5th district – a massive upset in a typically red district where a Democrat has not won since 1990. Decision Desk HQ called Ford’s win over Republican incumbent Victoria Spartz. With 95% of ...
Out Vermont Rep. Becca Balint (D) won re-election on Tuesday against her main competitor, Republican candidate Gerald Molloy, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. The AP called the race just before 8 p.m. local time with Balint leading by over 30 percentage points. Read our fu...
The Associated Press has called the New Hampshire Senate race for gay Democrat Chris Pappas, who will now become the first openly gay man to serve in the U.S. Senate. He was also the first out gay person to represent New Hampshire in Congress. Pappas has so far earned 60.6% of th...
Standing outside a polling place in Detroit, Michigan, this afternoon, Pete Buttigieg told MS Now why a Democratic majority in Congress would change so much for the next two years, even with Donald Trump still in the White House. "A Democratic majority in Congress would have the ...
A new ad released just yesterday features former students of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico – who taught middle school in San Antonia – gushing about how he changed their lives. "If it wasn't for Mr. Talarico, I wouldn't have made it out of middle school," said ...
Just after Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in her state's Senate race, major Democrats – including Pete Buttigieg, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and outgoing Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) – all voiced their support fo...
Today is Election Day. Many people have already been voting for weeks, with mail-in ballots or through early voting, and many people voted in person today. We at LGBTQ Nation will be reporting election results relevant to LGBTQ+ people as they come in, both in articles on the web...
Actor Ben Wang, star of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, is reportedly in talks to revive a gay hero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Iceman. Per an exclusive report by Deadline, sources say that Wang is a contender to play the canonically gay X-Men member in an upcom...
NEW YORK – Before Sterling Tull was creating the makeup for “The Rocky Horror Show” Broadway revival, its mad scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, was watching over her bedroom from a poster on the wall. Purchased by her mother, the poster hung there from the time Tull was 13 until she...
Buying a home isn’t just a financial decision. As they say, if a person makes one change, the dominoes start to fall in other areas of life. One may end up with new neighbors and stop seeing the old ones. Someone may become besties with their real estate agent (at least for a few...
The midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3. This is your chance to elect community leaders, including city and Council representatives, state legislators, members of Congress, and many other roles. For more details about voting in Maryland, visit the Maryland State Boa...
Vice President J.D. Vance, a staunch opponent of LGBTQ+ rights who recently insinuated that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is gay, dressed up as Dumbledore for Halloween.Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter novels is canonically gay, as author J.K. Rowling fir...
Last Month, the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists (NLGJA) brought 300 journalists together in San Francisco to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Originally founded as the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in 1992, the group is credited with revolutionizing queer jour...
The GOP is being roasted for inexplicably displaying a photo of left-wing commentator Hasan Piker in his underwear on the jumbotron at the party's midterm convention. The photo, described as a "thirst trap" by Meidas Touch, depicts Piker with one arm behind his head, standing in ...
This story originally appeared on Out.Ian McKellen has shared a moving tribute to his late friend, Patrick Stewart.The Star Trek icon died Wednesday "following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia," according to a post on his official X acc...
Political observers are starting to notice President Donald Trump's increasingly strange behavior at his midterm political rallies. Former White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews said his behavior makes it seem like we're "watching his cognitive decline in real time." I...
Several thousand people turned out on Oct. 27 for the 39th annual 17th Street High Heel Race, considered one of the city’s largest LGBTQ events that welcomes all city residents to celebrate Halloween. Started in 1986 by customers and staff at the 17th Street gay bar JR’s as a rac...
The United States Department of Education on Tuesday posted an image to X inspired by a popular Harry Potter gender-swapped fanfiction trend known as “Malfoid.” It is not clear whether the reference was intentional.The image in question features the “Golden Trio” of Harry, Ron, a...
Texas Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico (D) eviscerated his opponent, anti-LGBTQ+ Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), after Paxton appeared not to know the age of the United States when speaking at a rally. "On July 4th, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of our countr...
An employee of the recently shuttered video game company BioWare say they were asked to remove a flag from the now-canceled Mass Effect Universe game for looking too similar to an LGBTQ+ Pride flag. In a new report by French outlet BFM TV, relayed in English language press by the...
This story originally appeared on Out.Boo!The Boulet Brothers are bringing the horror at a truly terrifying time in history with the seventh mainline season of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula. Premiering just before Halloween, the horror duo is also celebrating 10 years of the popul...
In a tearful, heartful video to Instagram, reality television star Chrishell Stause announced that she and her spouse, nonbinary Australian drummer G Flip, have separated after 4 years.“I have a pretty humbling update to share with your guys,” she said in a video posted to Instag...
Any hopes of seeing drag queen Trixie Mattel in Dead by Daylight seem to have gotten the axe.Prominent Dead by Daylight leaker and news account @dvveet shared alleged insider information about an unsuccessful collaboration between RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 3 winner Trix...
Sophia Bush sat down with host Alex Cooper on the megapopular podcast Call Her Daddy this week to clear up misconceptions about her relationship timeline with soccer star Ashlyn Harris, denying longstanding rumors that their connection began with cheating. Online sapphics, you sh...
CAMP Rehoboth's Block Party 2026 was held on Sunday, Oct. 18 on Baltimore Ave. in Rehoboth Beach, Del. (Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt) The post PHOTOS: Block Party 2026 appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
More than 3,000 people participated in a “No Kings” march and rally in D.C. on Saturday. Participants marched from Arlington National Cemetery to the Lincoln Memorial via the Memorial Bridge. The rally was designed to encourage people to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Th...
Vice President J.D. Vance tried to joke about former President Joe Biden in front of soldiers at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach on July 1. It didn't go well for Vance—literally no one laughed. During his speech, Vance told the troops he was having a mental debate ...
The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center will host “The Art of Belonging, a Fall Reception & Art Auction” on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at 1827 Wiltberger St. NW. This event will celebrate 10 years of Center Arts Gallery, an arts & cultural offering of The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center. Char...
Friday, October 16 Trans and Genderqueer Game Night will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBTQ+ Community Center. This is a relaxing, laid-back evening of games and fun. All are welcome and there’ll be card and board games on hand. Feel free to bring your own games to share. For more deta...
This story originally appeared on Out.Queer pop star Chappell Roan isn't shy about bringing the gay to a new version of Olivia Rodrigo's "expectations."“Well, obviously, I love making things a little gay,” Roan told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. She revealed how her perspective helped...
MAGA devotee Mark Da Costa has shut down his restaurant after just six weeks, mocking queer people in a social media post announcing the eatery's closure. Da Costa, who once performed on the reality TV singing competition Australian Idol, opened the Bueno Eatery in the Newtown ne...
Country star Orville Peck has made a name for himself not just as an artist, but as an advocate for gay rights. But during his feature film acting debut as Vega in the adaptation of beloved video game Street Fighter, the masked singer gets the chance to represent gay wrongs. Peck...
Did this past week on social media seem less anger-inducing? More fun? Maybe for some of you, it felt downright pastoral, like a Norman Rockwell painting. People across the internet reported breathing easier online this week, claiming that they experienced far fewer negative, pol...
This story originally appeared on Out.Pedro Pascal is tackling another powerful queer role!The handsome actor has proudly represented the LGBTQ+ community in several of his projects, including notable parts in Strange Way of Life and Game of Thrones. Now, Pascal is about to make ...
The D.C. LGBTQ+ Community Center is hosting its 10th anniversary celebration of the opening of its Center Arts Gallery on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Center’s offices at 1827 Wiltberger St., N.W., from 6 – 9 p.m. “For 10 years, the D.C. LGBTQ+ Community Center’s Arts Gallery has be...
People are blasting the BBC online after the public service broadcaster appeared to censor a T-shirt with a positive message about transgender people last Saturday night.On October 9, a video was posted on BBC’s Instagram of House of the Dragon actress Bethany Antonia during a da...
CAMP Rehoboth will host its annual Block Party celebration on Sunday, Oct.18 at 11 a.m. on the second block of Baltimore Avenue in downtown Rehoboth Beach. CAMP Rehoboth invites all community members to join in the festivities and to expect magnificent performances and dozens of ...
