Last weekend, over 150 people gathered in Montreal, Canada, for the first-ever in-person Queering Wiki international conference. Hosted by Wikimedia LGBT+ and Wikimedia Canada (Wikimedia is Wikipedia's parent company), the gathering brought together contributors, editors, activists, academics, and l
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‘Frida…A Self Portrait’Through Nov. 8Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Klein Theatre450 7th St., N.W.tickets start at $49Shakespearetheatrecompany.org With her trademark unibrow and a wreath of dahlias woven into pinned black braids, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was unmistakably herse...
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Queer actress and activist Sophia Bush says she does not speak or write the president's name. While promoting her book, And I Will Tell You Mine, whihc covers some of her activist work, Bush told The Hill that "someone who chooses to exemplify and bolster the very worst of human ...
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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...
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Blog #1 I arrived in Barcelona safely and on time for my overnight before boarding the Celebrity XCEL for the sixteen-day transatlantic cruise back to Miami. I stayed at the AC hotel SOM, a Marriott, and it was fine. They had a car pick me up at the airport. Checked into a 9th fl...
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Author JK Rowling is facing criticism for posting an upskirt image of a transgender woman last weekend while demanding that the trans woman debate her. Rowling wrote post after post on X on July 11, demanding that trans writer Freda Wallace debate her after Wallace called Rowling...
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Vice President J.D. Vance, a staunch opponent of LGBTQ+ rights who recently insinuated that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is gay as a political attack, dressed up as Dumbledore for Halloween.Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter novels is canonically gay, as a...
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It’s obviously a massively important goal for the Democrats to take both the House and the Senate on Tuesday, and to make headway in state legislatures across the country. But if they fall short of that goal, then because trans people’s safety and existence have somehow been a ma...
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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...
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A gay New York City couple who spent years handing out over 180,000 backpacks filled with essentials to houseless people both died near the end of June and start of July. Jayson Conner, age 48, died on June 28 from a heart attack at their Manhattan home. His partner, Jeffrey Newm...
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Republicans make their final argument before the Midterms: Be very afraid of trans people Just one example: "They take them as young children, and Timmy leaves home and comes back Sarah," Donald Trump said at a rally in Texas this week to drum up support for Ken Paxton's US Senat...
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This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. For the first time in nearly 10 years, Alice* didn’t spend her fall welcoming a new class of students. After leaving her role as a high school English teacher last spring, she ...
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is currently running for governor of Alabama, went on a 20-minute, lie-filled rant on the Senate floor accusing trans people of being violent and "deranged" and proposing that the United States bring back mental institutions to house them. Tuberv...
