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This story originally appeared on Out.In announcing his death at age 86, the official X account for legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart rightly called him an activist for human rights. William Shatner, Stewart's costar in Star Trek: Generations, also praised Stewart for his "deep...
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With less than a week before the midterm elections, Republicans are claiming that Democrats want to force children to transition, a wildly untrue claim with no basis in reality. Republicans have spent nearly $200 million on anti-trans ads this election cycle election, even though...
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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 ...
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Dolores Huerta, a tireless advocate for human rights well into her 90s, died of cancer on Wednesday at her home in California, her family said in a statement announcing her death. She was 96. Huerta is perhaps best known for co-founding the United Farm Workers (UFW) union with Ch...
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While campaigning for Democratic US Senate candidate Scott Colom in Mississippi, out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recalled an experience with Colom's opponent, incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), from his time in the Biden administration. Buttigieg spent muc...
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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had the audience laughing with a clever joke at the expense of current Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while speaking at an event supporting out congressional candidate, Cait Conley, in New York. "Speaker [Mike] Johnson sent them [mem...
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Police in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, have arrested two men in connection with the death of a transgender woman who had previously filed a harassment complaint against them. Local officials with Bahawalnagar’s City B Division Police Station say the victim, Zoya Malik, was attacked by...
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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...
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Cosplayer Clara Tan was on her way home to the state of New York from an event in California when she was aggressively taken into ICE custody at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport without being shown the warrant. After a suspected broken foot with no m...
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Poodle Beach has long been a draw for LGBTQ visitors to this popular beach town and on Thursday, the state of Delaware officially took notice. A large crowd gathered on the boardwalk at 11 a.m. under a perfect blue sky to witness the dedication of a new Sta...
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Barack Obama brutally mocked the Trump administration for its dramatic response to his joke about the president's design aesthetic while ignoring the former president's criticisms of its actual policies affecting Americans. While campaigning for Democrats in Cleveland last week, ...
