This story was reported in partnership with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy. Texas’ Senate race has become one of the most-watched elections of the year. MAGA Republican nominee Ken Paxton pulled off a rare primary defeat against a well-established 24-year inc
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This story originally appeared on Out.Benito Skinner is opening up about the hot hookup he has planned for Overcompensating’s second season that will fulfill a popular fantasy among fans.On a recent episode of co-star Owen Thiele’s In Your Dreams podcast, Skinner dished on the nu...
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A sweet video of the Brazilian president celebrating his recent victory alongside a trans lawmaker is bringing joy across social media. Transgender Brazilian lawmaker Erika Hilton became her country's most-voted woman congressperson earlier this month after she was re-elected to ...
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Democratic US Senate candidate Adam Hamilton earned praise for his defense of transgender people during a live interview with local news station KMBC. "Where do you come down on transgender rights?" the reporter asked. Related Democratic Senate candidate releases last minute atta...
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Just a week before Election Day, a former Republican governor of South Carolina has publicly endorsed Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews over Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), the Trump-backed Republican who was appointed to carry out the rest of her late brother's t...
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The official account for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used "gay" as an insult when responding to a 60 Minutes report about the deportation of a man from Mali. "Fake & Gay!" ICE's official account posted to X while sharing a post from Fox News reporter Brooke Taylo...
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Tyler Boebert, the son of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), is such a bad parent that he's going to jail for it. But no one – least of all his mother – is going to question his legitimacy as a parent over it, even as these same people refuse to accept that queer people are the parents ...
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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...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate. The search for whoever sent deceptive transgender advocacy mailers across Texas has reached an llinois printing company. The discovery offers a new lead in a campaign that has triggered threats against LGBTQ+ advocates and a crimina...
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Erika Hilton, one of the first trans people in Brazil elected to the country’s National Congress, is celebrating the reelection of President Luiz Inácio da Silva, known mononymously as Lula, in the face of a challenge from far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro. Hilton had played ...
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This story originally appeared on Out. Autumn is here, and that means cozy sweaters, fall leaves, pumpkin spice lattes, and orgasm denial.Locktober — a portmanteau of lock and October — is an annual month-long celebration of chastity within the kink and BDSM community where peopl...
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Last Ditch, the small-town Massachusetts lesbian bar that became the center of a national firestorm after a Boston Globe article about the loosening of its masking policy went viral last month, announced on Monday that it will “soft close” as it seeks new ownership.In an Instagra...
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Two Western North Carolina drag performers have issued cease-and-desist letters to Republican congressional candidate Jennifer Balkcom’s campaign after their likenesses were used in an AI-generated ad attacking Balkcom’s Democratic opponent Jamie Ager. The ad, which was paid for ...
