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An Arizona man is under arrest after stalking a Phoenix-area woman and threatening to drive a U-Haul truck into a Pride parade and open fire. Austin Jay Curtis, 32, was arrested October 12 at his residence in Gilbert, Arizona, one day after nearby Phoenix Pride took over downtown...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Two school boards in Pennsylvania approved policies restricting transgender athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.The Conestoga Valley School District board approved its policy Monday night in a ...
In a marked contrast to prominent Democrats equivocating in response to Republican political attacks on transgender people, one super PAC is addressing the issue head-on.Progress Action Fund (PAF), a political action committee founded by former Obama administration intern Joe Jac...
Lindsey Graham, who passed away on July 11 at 71 years old, served in the Senate for 23 years and garnered a reputation for his hawkish views and hardline anti-LGBTQ beliefs. Years before his death, rumors swirled as allegations surfaced about the Republican senator engaging with...
Arizona is one of five states with measures on the ballot targeting LGBTQ youth. Arizona’s Proposition 318 expands targeting of existing state law that baselessly bans transgender students from school sports and facilities, efforts that endanger all students. Facts: Transgender y...
Anti-transgender laws and policies are having a devastating impact on military families of trans children — and influencing decisions about career tracks, assignments, and whether to retire early. That’s the message a group of military and veteran spouses who are all parents of t...
What we need is a separation of state and sex. The state has no business in the private lives of consenting adults. Its job is to protect our fundamental human rights, sexual freedom among them, not to restrict them. There may be legitimate reasons for concerning ourselves with s...
The LGBTQ+ Religious Archives Network (LGBTQ-RAN) celebrated their 25th anniversary on Sunday with an online gala remembering five “Sacred Rebels,” key leaders who fought for LGBTQ+ inclusion within religious institutions and the creation of LGBTQ-led faith communities, alongside...
Actor Asia Kate Dillon shared an urgent plea to find work in the service industry, saying that acting jobs have all but dried up for transgender and nonbinary talent in recent years.Best known for their groundbreaking role as Taylor Mason on the Showtime drama Billions, Dillon be...
Last week, the National Health Service in England issued new guidance stating that access to single-sex wards, bathrooms, and changing rooms should be determined by a person’s biological sex rather than gender identity. An internal NHS impact assessment addressing the guidance sa...
Diablo Cody is teasing more details about the forthcoming Jennifer’s Body sequel.Appearing on the October 14 episode of the history podcast Petticoat Revolution, the screenwriter shared her own interpretation of the titular Jennifer Check in the beloved 2009 cult horror-comedy fi...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agreed in August to a settlement with the Christian Employers Alliance that could limit the agency’s ability to pursue certain workplace discrimination claims involving gender identity. Now, Democratic lawmakers are questioning how...
The histories of people with same-sex attractions and those who differently express their gender are filled with incredible pain and enormous pride, of overwhelming repression and victorious rejoicing, of stifling invisibility and dazzling illumination. Throughout the ages, their...
Early voting kicked off in Texas on Monday with record-breaking turnout, but one U.S. Attorney in the state decided to make the day about threatening voters rather than celebrating Democracy. In conjunction with the GOP's repeated false claims of widespread voter fraud, Texas U.S...
A North Carolina library dropped the logo it has used for 14 years after three residents told a town commissioner it looked too much like a rainbow. While it is multicolored, the logo representing the Farmville Public Library does not, in fact, look like a rainbow. It depicts an ...
The Washington Blade on Monday spoke with Gui Molhallem, the executive director of VoteLGBT (Institute for Full Citizenship), a group that seeks to increase LGBTQ and intersex representation in Brazilian politics. Molhallem pointed out 35 LGBTQ candidates won their respective rac...
Frotting, dry humping, grinding: whatever you choose to call the act of rubbing two genitals against each other like an eager hand on a genie’s bottle, frotting is quickly becoming one of the most popular bedroom activities among queer people. At a time when our understanding of ...
The city of Rehoboth Beach, Del., has invited the public to participate in a two-day series of meetings and workshop sessions scheduled for Nov. 12-13 to help develop a new Downtown Master Plan. A statement released by the city says the two-day event is being organized jointly by...
Rob Jetten, the first out LGBTQ+ prime minister of the Netherlands, revealed on Monday that he and his partner, Argentine field hockey player Nicolás Keenan, are expecting their first child. "Someone very special is on the way," the pair wrote on Instagram. "See you in 2027, litt...
A newly released report based on a survey of 175 LGBTQ community centers located throughout the U.S. has found that 76 percent of the centers have experienced anti-LGBTQ threats or harassment either online or offline over the past year due to a hostile political climate. But the ...
A new two-year study of LGBTQ+ youth from the Trevor Project holds some good news for young people across the U.S., as well as confirmation of the harmful impacts of gender identity-based discrimination, economic insecurity, and the scourge of conversion therapy on mental health....
MS NOW anchor Nicolle Wallace couldn't stop laughing at Donald Trump's Truth Social rants defending his Great American State Fair, an event that has suffered from a series of mishaps and mismanagement issues as well as low turnout. Wallace said that reports of Trump's "itty bitty...
The annual National Trans Visibility March took place in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The march ended at the Puerto Rican Capitol in San Juan, the U.S. commonwealth’s capital and largest city. Samy Nemir Olivares, a member of the Puerto Rico LGBTQ+ Federation’s board of directors who...
Nebraska's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on October 16 that the state's anti-transgender sports measure can remain on its November midterm ballot. Cara Ullman, a registered Democrat, filed the lawsuit with the state Supreme Court on Monday, August 31. She alleged that the measu...
Transgender voters are praising Democratic US House candidate Christina Bohannan of Iowa for responding to her Republican opponent's recent anti-transgender attacks by releasing an ad that doesn't agree to right-wing framing on trans issues. Some Democrats have responded to simil...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The U.S. Air Force had spent more than two decades training her husband. During those years, their family built a life around his service, moving with each assignment change, finding new communities, and helping their children start ...
Trans people know that our unique health concerns are understudied. Just look at how many of us resort to Reddit forums as a source of anecdotal medical knowledge. Now, researchers are sounding the alarm on just how dangerous this lack of research can be for our heart health. A n...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that an initiative to bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports will remain on the state’s ballot.A voter sued to block the measure, arguing that its summary failed to adequately exp...
Tammy Sue Bakker, the daughter of famed televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, has apologized to those who have been “hurt” by her family’s ministry and is urging people to donate to their local LGBTQ+ communities. In an October 8 statement posted on social media, Tammy Sue ex...
President Donald Trump said, "I’m allowed to destroy the country," during a bizarre press event he held last Friday to speak about the Supreme Court's ruling against his international tariffs. "I’m even allowed to impose a foreign country-destroying embargo. I can embargo. I can ...
Donald Trump's lesbian niece, Mary Trump, explained her uncle's subconscious compulsions to project his own weaknesses onto others. Mary Trump, who is a psychologist, explained in a Friday blog post that projection is "a very basic and quite common defense mechanism in which a pe...
A bizarre rant from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) included slamming "transgender witches" as out of touch with "regular, ordinary Americans." Cruz has recently been campaigning across Alaska for incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in his race against Mary Peltola (D). His rant came during ...
The superintendent of Virginia’s third-largest school district has issued a blistering response to the state delegate who called the district's recognition of LGBTQ+ History Month “despicable” and “disgusting.” In an October 12 letter to Virginia state Del. Tim Griffin (R), Loudo...
Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge has urged Virginians to vote against a proposed state constitutional amendment that would enshrine marriage rights for same-sex couples. Burbidge, who heads the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, spoke about his position on Question 2 in a video that...
Precious Brady-Davis, running for reelection as Commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, has a long history as an environmental and social justice advocate, with work at the Sierra Club, the Beyond Coal campaign, and now as chief strategy of...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Ahead of Halloween and a potentially scary midterm election for Republicans, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz blamed transgender witches for tight Senate polls.During an interview with Fox News, Cruz was asked why so many Republican-held Senate s...
When it comes to her performance on the court, Sophie Cunningham has a message: she is not her numbers.The Indiana Fever guard defended her controversial image on a recent episode of her podcast No Hesitation, which she hosts alongside basketball coach Drew Hanlen. At the top of ...
The chair of the Alabama Republican Party called two transgender Democrats "men who have mental disorders," but the two candidates for state House aren't taking the insult lying down. State Rep. Scott Stadthagen (R) made the comment earlier this month during a speech to the Easte...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.For young people exhausted by attacks on their rights, Queer the Ballot offers practical tools to influence decisions about their lives — before they can cast a ballot.In eighth grade, Bekah Garlikov began taking a screenshot of the ...
Political ads have never exactly been renowned for their commitment to truth. It's common practice to take a single vote or an offhand remark out of context and twist it into a damning (and misleading) attack. But Republicans have taken the practice to a new level. Not only are t...
“UNCLOSETED with Spencer Macnaughton” is a new podcast by Uncloseted Media, an investigative LGBTQ-focused nonprofit news publication. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. YouTube // Spotify // Apple Don Lemon is one of the most well-known journalists in America. ...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) repeatedly shouted a slur during a House committee hearing, specifically because a Democratic colleague was criticizing her for using a slur. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was speak...
Chris Gallant, running for Congress from New York, is riding high in the aftermath of what could have been a scandal that brought his campaign down. It didn't. Related Gay candidate Colin Lovett is running his campaign Harvey Milk style "It's been a huge week," his spokesman said...
With the simple idea of creating a fun, fabulous, and safe space specifically for queer women, entrepreneur and activist Mariah Hanson threw the first ever “Dinah” party at the Palm Springs Art Museum in 1991. About 1,500 people showed up to the sold-out event. Hanson even booked...
Court overturns manslaughter conviction because the jury wasn't told the victim was transgender Why they decided this: Appeals court Judge Timothy Easter said that the victim's sex assigned at birth was necessary for the jury to evaluate the defendent's self-defense claim, even t...
The books of Stephen King have had a rocky relationship with the movies. Adaptations of the horror icon’s work have had an impressive track record on both big screen and small, earning success and critical acclaim across five decades. Some films based on his work – like “Misery,”...
A new report by Open For Business suggests that a lack of LGBTQ+-inclusive laws and policies has become a massive economic burden for Japan, costing the nation somewhere between ¥6.04 and 16.42 trillion (or $37.3 and 101.5 billion) per year. These costs are fueled by lost earning...
Trump mocks anti-trans WNBA player for being bad at basketball because she's a girl If there was anyone left in America who actually believed that Republicans care about the integrity of women's sports, Donald Trump's own words should lay that to rest. Related "Lost his goddamn m...
Actor Mark Indelicato married his partner, David Watson, on October 10, with his Hacks co-star Jean Smart officiating the ceremony. Actor Johnny Sibilly shared a video to his Instagram story of the joyful moment Smart declared the pair "husband and husband." After exchanging ring...
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This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think...
“Arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand-in-hand.” -Judi Dench as M in “Casino Royale” On the right-wing side of the dictatorial strongmen’s political spectrum, we find the philosophy and practice of “fascism.” While also deployed as an epithet by some, fascism developed as a...
Out Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg refused to criticize Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan as a radical when speaking to Fox News on Wednesday. Instead, Buttigieg used his response to criticize El-Sayed's opponent, Republican Mike Rogers, fo...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy drew a crowd's laughter at a European summit on Friday when he wryly smiled in response to a question about US President Donald Trump’s midterm troubles. “President Trump is facing pretty difficult midterm elections: His personal popularity...
Florida drag artist Miss Bouvee is turning lemons into pink lemonade, selling bricks from a destroyed rainbow crosswalk in South Beach to support Pride organizations in the state. The charitable initiative comes ahead of a new law that threatens to slash local funding for LGBTQ+ ...
When asked to think about Orville Peck, most people would immediately remember the man’s music, his time on Broadway, his many scintillating photoshoots or, of course, the ornate masks he wears throughout it all. Most wouldn’t, at least before a few months ago, think about the lo...
When the youngest of Mickey Lopez's three children seemed disinterested in boys' sports and preferred Barbie dolls to action figures, the conservative Roman Catholic father just assumed she'd grow up to be a gay boy. "But by the time she was in high school, that didn't seem right...
New York City has long been the de facto artistic capital of the United States. From Andy Warhol to Jean-Michel Basquiat to Audre Lorde, burgeoning artists have been inspired by the metropolis for decades, using it as a backdrop to actualize their visions.But as prices skyrocket,...
Fox News personality Katie Zacharia's time as White House press secretary ended just five days after she started, Business Insider reports, making her tenure the shortest in history. The news follows her disastrous first press briefing, where her public speaking skills were panne...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.President Donald Trump fired White House press secretary Katie Zacharia on Friday after five days on the job, The New York Times reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.Neither Zacharia nor the White House responded to...
