Written by Shar Jossell Some things fade. Pictures rip, memories blur, and whole ways of being go undocumented. BE3K paints against that erasure. A member of GLAAD's 2026 EMEI cohort, the New Orleans-based figurative painter preserves the rituals and intimate moments that define Black American life
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U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first out trans person in Congress, asked her Democratic House colleagues in a September 14 letter to support her bid to become one of the next co-chairs of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. The committee develops caucus-wide ...
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Gay people, this is not a drill. Multi-hyphenate lesbian super model Lauren Chan will be joining the cast of Heated Rivalry for season 2. Here at Them, we’re big fans of Lauren. In fact, this very publication literally named Chan “The Hottest Women on Earth” in 2025, so talk abou...
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Rob Sand, a Democrat running for governor in Iowa, has been trying to portray himself as being outside of the left-and-right dichotomies of politics and “culture wars.” Part of that political styling now appears to include claiming to support trans rights while opposing trans inc...
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Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained in three words why the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday was so terrible. "Weakest performance ever," Buttigieg said on CNN after the speech, noting that the speech received low approval ratings from voters, mu...
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A tangled domestic violence case in Delaware has led the alleged victim to sue the state's attorney general and the University of Delaware over accusations of racism and homophobia. Tymothy ‘Ty’ Moyer is suing both the attorney general's office and the university over actions in ...
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If you’re looking for an LGBTQ+-friendly stop on a road trip through the Sonoran Desert, or a destination worth flying into on its own, Tempe, Arizona, offers a welcoming entry point to the Southwest. Located in the heart of Greater Phoenix and just minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbo...
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Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) said that Donald Trump's massive "tantrum" during a virtual Kennedy Center board meeting "was the most unprofessional thing that I've ever witnessed or been a part of." During an appearance on MS Now, she said Trump called her "dumb," "incompetent," and "...
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Cisgender women at the Kansas State Fair are facing long lines at the restroom — and signs warning them not to use the men’s bathrooms, even if those lines are significantly shorter. That’s just one of the ripple effects of Kansas’s draconian anti-trans bathroom law. S.B. 244, wh...
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Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained more than 150 people who gathered outside an Istanbul courthouse to protest raids that targeted the country's LGBTQ community. CNN reported the protesters had planned to speak with reporters outside the city’s Caglayan courthouse, but autho...
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Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to defend Donald Trump's handling of the economy by blaming Joe Biden, and one gay Democrat had enough. Out Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) was questioning Bessent about his statement last month that the "K-shaped economy is over." A K-shaped...
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I'm excited to focus this month's family-building column on domestic adoption, and more specifically, open adoption, which can create meaningful opportunities for children to maintain connections to their birth families when those relationships are safe and appropriate. While eve...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A gay congressional candidate whose fetish modeling drew right-wing media attention has responded to the coverage, saying he will not be shamed out of his race for Congress.Democratic candidate Chris Gallant, an Army veteran and New ...
