The Miss USA Organization has stepped in to snatch the crown of Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse. The organization’s president and CEO Thom Brodeur announced on Wednesday on social media that Boltinhouse’s reign had “come to an end” and that the decision to relinquish her crown was made
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Whitman-Walker Health held the 40th annual Walk and 5K to End HIV at Anacostia Park on Saturday, Sept. 19. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Walk and 5K to End HIV appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
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In a hearing convened by Canada's Alberta Human Rights Tribunal on Monday, the lawyer for an anti-transgender advocate in the small town of Westlock (90 miles north of Edmonton), argued that a flyer distributed by her client calling on residents to protest the installation of a r...
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The Wanda Alston Foundation held its Fall Reception at the Penthouse Rooftop at The Wharf on Friday, Sept. 18. Honorees included D.C. Councilmember Robert White, Director of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs Japer Bowles, and the Washington Capitals. Rayceen Pendarvis served a...
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WNBA star and longtime trans advocate Brianna Turner is furious that the league has become the center of the debate over trans athletes. “I hate being used as something to dismantle the rights of trans people,” she told Them earlier this week, emphasizing that the anti-trans move...
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This story was originally published by LOOKOUT, a nonprofit newsroom serving LGBTQ+ communities in the Southwest. Hotel Bamy in Equatorial Guinea is not a prison, but Pietro Graza hasn’t been able to leave for weeks. He has been held captive in the semi-abandoned luxury hotel in ...
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One of the biggest headaches of the new home process is the actual moving part. By the time someone is buying a home, most people are beyond the “I just need a pickup truck, a pizza and a case of beer for my friends.” If that is still someone’s preferred way to move, that’s great...
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Despite a U.S. political climate that has made electric vehicles about as welcome as a vegan at a Texas barbecue, automakers haven’t gotten the memo. The 2027 BMW iX3 and Rivian R2—in showrooms soon—prove the point. But think of them as distant cousins: one arrives impeccably dre...
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The fall books season offers lots of options so curl up and get ready to read. FICTION For the mystery fan who likes a sprinkle of thriller, look for “The Longest Death” by Kevin Jagernauth (Soho Crime, December). Richard Cobson hates his small town, he’s bored and desperate to g...
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The Tennessee Christian Preparatory School in Cleveland will have to pay gay teenager Morgan Armstrong $10,000 in a settlement approved on Monday, after the school blocked her from graduating and withheld her diploma after she came out on Facebook. On April 23, 2025, Armstrong po...
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The United States treats trans kids poorly. State legislatures and school boards are instituting bans on appropriate inclusion in school sports, the right to use the correct bathroom, and access to gender-affirming care. We have evidence and research on both the short- and long-t...
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Caitlyn Jenner appeared on Tomi Lahren's Fox Nation podcast this week to "break her silence" with an hour of slurred rambling. During the interview, she mentioned that, due to Donald Trump's anti-trans executive orders, her passport now says she's male, curtailing her ability to ...
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Turkey cracks down on LGBTQ+ activism with raids and arrests nationwide How many people were arrested: 47 people across 12 provinces were arrested during government raids last weekend, and another 126 people were arrested during the week amid protests against the anti-LGBTQ+ raid...
