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This story originally appeared on Out.A deluge of internet memes flooded social media over the weekend as news broke that Rep. Lauren Boebert was accused of having a sexual relationship with staffers she supervised, some of whom were women.The accusations came to light after a co...
“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” HAL 9000, the fictional homicidal computer in the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, is just one example in science fiction of an artificial intelligence (AI) that outsmarts and takes control of its human developers and...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Major hospital systems in New York and Pennsylvania have struck deals with the Justice Department that carry steep financial penalties and keep gender-affirming services closed to minors.NYU Langone Health will pay the department $8....
Pete Buttigieg skewered Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Saturday while delivering the keynote speech at a Texas Democratic Party event in Dallas. "A lot of people believed him when he said he was going to drain the swamp," Buttigieg said. "And then we wake up to see bill...
Craig and Charlie Reid, who make up the beloved Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers, best known for their 1988 hit "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)," denounced trans rights while promoting their new album, claiming the movement for equality is merely "the Left losing their collective mind...
The executive director of the world’s oldest LGBTQ Catholic organization has announced she will retire once her successor has been chosen. Marianne Duddy-Burke has been with DignityUSA for more than four decades. She has been the group’s executive director since 2007. DignityUSA ...
A federal appellate court ruled last week that Oregon may house trans women inmates in men's prisons, overturning a lower court's ruling earlier this year. The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals consisted exclusively of Donald Trump appointees. They voted unani...
Social media screenshots and video seem to indicate that copies of the game Marvel’s Wolverine sent to countries in the Middle East included redacted and heavily altered references to Mystique’s same-sex relationship and marriage with crime boss Tyger Tiger, per a report in Kotak...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) – known for her outspoken advocacy against LGBTQ+ people's rights – is facing a complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee claiming that, among other things, she had sexual relationships with two women and one man whom she supervised and paid one o...
If you want to see how the Democratic Party's muddled messaging on transgender issues, look no further than Ohio. There, two Democratic candidates have taken dramatically different approaches on how to deal with GOP anti-trans attacks. The worse strategy of the two comes from Rep...
In a hearing convened by Canada's Alberta Human Rights Tribunal on Monday, the lawyer for an anti-transgender advocate in the small town of Westlock (90 miles north of Edmonton), argued that a flyer distributed by her client calling on residents to protest the installation of a r...
WNBA star and longtime trans advocate Brianna Turner is furious that the league has become the center of the debate over trans athletes. “I hate being used as something to dismantle the rights of trans people,” she told Them earlier this week, emphasizing that the anti-trans move...
This story was originally published by LOOKOUT, a nonprofit newsroom serving LGBTQ+ communities in the Southwest. Hotel Bamy in Equatorial Guinea is not a prison, but Pietro Graza hasn’t been able to leave for weeks. He has been held captive in the semi-abandoned luxury hotel in ...
One of the biggest headaches of the new home process is the actual moving part. By the time someone is buying a home, most people are beyond the “I just need a pickup truck, a pizza and a case of beer for my friends.” If that is still someone’s preferred way to move, that’s great...
Despite a U.S. political climate that has made electric vehicles about as welcome as a vegan at a Texas barbecue, automakers haven’t gotten the memo. The 2027 BMW iX3 and Rivian R2—in showrooms soon—prove the point. But think of them as distant cousins: one arrives impeccably dre...
The Tennessee Christian Preparatory School in Cleveland will have to pay gay teenager Morgan Armstrong $10,000 in a settlement approved on Monday, after the school blocked her from graduating and withheld her diploma after she came out on Facebook. On April 23, 2025, Armstrong po...
The United States treats trans kids poorly. State legislatures and school boards are instituting bans on appropriate inclusion in school sports, the right to use the correct bathroom, and access to gender-affirming care. We have evidence and research on both the short- and long-t...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Rep. Lauren Boebert is publicly refuting a complaint filed with the House Committee on Ethics on September 17 which alleged that the Colorado congresswoman had sexual relationships with three staffers she supervised, including two wo...
Caitlyn Jenner appeared on Tomi Lahren's Fox Nation podcast this week to "break her silence" with an hour of slurred rambling. During the interview, she mentioned that, due to Donald Trump's anti-trans executive orders, her passport now says she's male, curtailing her ability to ...
Turkey cracks down on LGBTQ+ activism with raids and arrests nationwide How many people were arrested: 47 people across 12 provinces were arrested during government raids last weekend, and another 126 people were arrested during the week amid protests against the anti-LGBTQ+ raid...
Fifteen years ago this month, the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” took effect. At the time, the importance of the change was obvious: gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans would no longer have to hide who they were to wear the uniform. What was harder to see was what would follo...
Notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ professional mixed-martial artist Sean Strickland says he wants to “beat the s*** out of” Elliot Page. Earlier this week, Championship Rounds, an MMA news account “powered by” online gambling platform Rainbet, shared an X post featuring a video of Strickla...
President Donald Trump trolled opponents of his disastrous Kennedy Center takeover on Wednesday night with a stage-managed glimpse into Air Force One. Trump was seen from the tarmac reviewing a poster board depicting heavy machinery tearing down the living memorial to President K...
The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
The anti-trans right consistently claims that trans-inclusive policies are akin to letting "men" take over women's spaces, and a recent experience at a Brandi Carlile concert reminded me of the real issue here: cis men who are unable to let women have a space, even for an evening...
A queer Torah study group in Portland, Oregon, wants LGBTQ+ people to know that they have always been a part of Jewish history. It's all in how you look at things, explains Rabbi Emerita Ariel Stone, who helped start the study group at Congregation Shir Tikvah. “If you look back ...
A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “A...
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. The official start of autumn is just three days away (September 22), and we hope you're as excited as we a...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.President Donald Trump said in a Friday Truth Social post that he is banning CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House in a major escalation of his longstanding conflict with the media outlets that have covered his political car...
In a live TV interview, British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan repeatedly called anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) a racist bigot and asked her if she was a drunk. The exchange occurred when they both appeared on the Thursday installment of Piers Morgan Uncensored, a news talk ...
A school board meeting in Davis, California, descended into chaos Thursday night with the appearance of Beth Bourne, president of the local Moms for Liberty chapter and a candidate for school board trustee in November. Her reputation preceded her. As Bourne approached the lectern...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the federal agency tasked with fighting employment discrimination – has agreed to let some Christian businesses discriminate against transgender and nonbinary employees as part of a lawsuit settlement. "This agreement provides ...
Colder temperatures don’t mean you have to stay indoors — here’s a roundup of what to do this fall. Laverne Cox will discuss her memoir, “Transcendent,” with Dr. Melanie Bryant on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at Baltimore Book Fest. Cox will share her journey as a transgender wom...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A federal appellate court ruled Thursday that Oregon can house transgender female inmates in men’s prisons.A panel of federal judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed a lower court ruling that ordered Oregon prison officials...
John McKinley Campbell, the 42-year-old estranged husband of anti-LGBTQ+, ex-gay, MAGA provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, has accused Yiannopoulos of violence and racist abuse during their nine-year marriage, according to divorce court filings cited by the British tabloid The Daily M...
Happy autumnal equinox, witches! A key turning point in the year, the pivot to Libra season (September 23–October 22) marks the start of fall for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Sweater weather is nice and all, but this go around, it’s accompanied by some trickier astrolo...
A group of activists on Friday gathered in front of the Turkish Embassy in D.C. to protest the country’s anti-LGBTQ crackdown. The protest — which the Council for Global Equality, Amnesty International USA, Outright International, and Health GAP organized — took place less than a...
On September 2, forty organizers, healthcare providers, and concerned transgender people gathered inside the John W. McCormack Building, home to the offices of Democratic Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell. The members of Protect Trans Futures, a youth-led direct acti...
This story originally appeared on Out.Who will be banished from the game?The Emmy-winning reality competition series The Traitors is tapping the top celebrities from every corner of the entertainment industry for season 6.Fan-favorite reality TV contestants like Bianca Del Rio (R...
Moderators at a candidate forum in Talleyville, Delaware, on Thursday night forced Republican House candidate Joseph Arminio to leave the event after he repeatedly misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first out transgender congresswoman, WDEL reported. The crowd booed Armin...
If you head to your local multiplex this weekend, then you’ll see that Zach Cregger’s new film Resident Evil, an adaptation of the beloved horror video game series, is probably playing on multiple screens. Cregger, known for original horror movies like Barbarian and Weapons, deve...
Lily Tomlin is often credited with saying, “Somebody should do something about that. Then I realized I am somebody.” In 2024, after seeing all of the challenges families were facing in schools – the book bans, the policy changes, and the not-so-quiet anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric – I had ...
On National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, my husband and I celebrate the years science and community made possible. We also speak plainly about the policies that could deny others the same future. Written by Malcolm Reid Co-Chair, U.S. People Living with HIV Caucus; CEO, Unit...
Pro-LGBTQ+ protestors were tear-gassed, detained, and arrested in Turkey this week as they demonstrated against the government’s recent raids. Last weekend, raids picked up activists, journalists, and attendees at LGBTQ+ spaces, all under the propaganda of “keeping families safe....
Republican “Dr. Joe” Arminio, the Republican nominee for the First State’s at-large U.S. House of Representatives seat, attempted to misgender the the country's first and only transgender member of Congress while at a forum on Thursday. This story was first broken by WDEL out of ...
Indiana House Rep. Marlin Stutzman is demanding that outgoing WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert define “woman” in the league’s eligibility rules. In a letter to Engelbert obtained by Fox News’ sports vertical OutKick, Stutzman and other members of Congress questioned Engelbert’s ...
A canvasser for Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) reelection campaign was caught on camera stealing a package from a voter he was attempting to visit. A video shared on social media shows a man wearing a red "Stronger Maine" T-shirt approaching a door in Woolwich, Maine. Stronger Maine ...
For a while, Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) LGBTQ+ legislative record was so strong that the Human Rights Campaign endorsed her 2002, 2008, and 2014 re-election campaigns, but it stopped endorsing her in 2020 and backed her Democratic challenger instead. Despite Collins' past support...
LGBTQ Nation has always existed to keep our community informed about the stories affecting our lives. Our Editor-in-Chief Alex Bollinger believes that work has become even more important since the 2024 election. “Our community is still here,” Bollinger says. “Our community still ...
Donald Trump is facing scrutiny online after a clip went viral showing him falling asleep in the Oval Office during a press event, waking up, and falling asleep again. The clip is from an event where Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr announced a new deal with ...
Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) said that Black voters aren't ready to support a gay presidential candidate, like out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. When asked about Buttigieg's recent comments that America is ready for a gay president, Van Orden said t...
Anthony Kazmierczak, a 56-year-old Trump-loving right-winger, unsuccessfully attacked Somali-American Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in January by using a syringe to shoot an unknown liquid at her during a public event. He was quickly tackled by security officers and arrested after his a...
With fall comes swapping out T-shirts for sweaters, raking leaves and, of course, elections. The summer’s primaries have narrowed the playing field in a slew of races, but the big ones — the actual races for seats in federal and local elections — are still to come. Jeremy Moss is...
Blumineck — a self-described "archer, pole dancer, and nerd" based in Leeds, England, with over 4.1 million followers on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram — posted a viral video on Monday, directly addressing web commenters who have accused him and his wife of being transgender — bo...
A Minnesota man is behind bars after he stabbed a "total stranger" with a broken beer bottle because he incorrectly thought he was gay. Kyle Eugene Heisler Jr., 25, of Deer River, Minnesota, was charged on Tuesday with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, threats...
A list of 30 agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) shows that 29 of them have been charged with sexual offenses, and two-thirds committed sexual crimes against children, according to a list published by the Ohio Immigrant...
As Texas Republicans face increasing scrutiny over racist statements just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, they're turning to an old strategy to try to maintain control over a US Senate seat: transphobia. An ad paid for by Texas PAC – which is associated with the Senate L...
The Kutzkos claim that their 15-year-old transgender son was taken from them and placed in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) because they refused to affirm his gender identity. Court documents and comments from Massachusetts Gov. Maura Hea...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) released a shocking ad this week that blatantly mocks young trans girls who want to play sports. The ad features a coach introducing a "new teammate" to a team of what appear to be teenage girls. The new teammate is a full-grown man who gl...
Vice President JD Vance lobbed false accusations of devil worship and “anti-Christian hate” at the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during a campaign event for Kansas Republicans earlier this week. Vance was one of several prominent Republican leaders who took the stage at Webco M...
