The WNBA has officially declared former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White ineligible for the league after the pair made a mockery of trans women by saying they would pretend to be trans to try out for a WNBA team. Outgoing WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert rejected the two players in a
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I grew up on a cattle ranch, where the day’s first sounds were gates creaking, hooves shifting, and cows mooing across the pasture. I remember looking into animals’ eyes while feeding them and learning how different each was. Some were bold, some cautious; some wanted touch, some...
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I consider myself fortunate to be able to take an annual transatlantic cruise. When I began doing this, what were called repositioning cruises, moving ships to better climates for a different season, were fairly inexpensive, and never full. That is not the case today. Now they ar...
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A note from Brian: When it comes to sperm donation, most people immediately think of sperm banks. But banks are just one of several ways to find a donor, and each option comes with its own considerations around cost, access, legal protections, and the long-term implications for y...
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Two hundred and fifty years ago in Cumberland, R.I., the Publick Universal Friend proclaimed that the person who had formerly occupied their body (a young woman named Jemima Wilkinson) had died after a short battle with Typhus. After their death, their body was resurrected, reani...
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A thirty-minute documentary released this morning by the Young Turks features three male sex workers who say they were paid to have sex the the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who was long plagued by gay rumors despite his anti-LGBTQ+ policy stances. One man in the documentar...
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Hadouken! Orville Peck is stepping into a new arena. The masked country music star makes his feature film acting debut as Vega, the flamboyant, claw-wielding villain, in the latest live-action Street Fighter film. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Noah Centineo, Andrew Koj...
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If you’re a transgender actor, rapper Kid Cudi may have work for you.The Grammy Award-winning performer took to X on Wednesday, shortly after announcing that he would write, direct, and star in a biopic about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, writing, “If you are a trans actor looking...
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Donald Trump's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, said his public ogling over Sen. Jon Husted's (R-OH) body is a sign of his declining mental capacity. "I just wonder where we should be on the gaydar with Donald," The Rest is Politics podcast host Alastair Campbell asked Mar...
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Trans people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody are revealing the horrific conditions they face daily during immigration detention that has lasted months. They report fearing both other inmates and guards, being trapped in solitary confinement (supposedly for th...
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Them’s Person of the Year, awarded in conjunction with Out magazine’s annual Out100 list, honors a cultural figure with a distinctly queer influence — not just an LGBTQ+ person who made a big impact, but one whose work crossed genres, mediums, or boundaries in an extraordinary wa...
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Donald Trump recently told a crowd that he has "much better blood" because his uncle taught at MIT. He also called himself "real smart" because he attended the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, despite having said moments earlier that he knows "a lot of stupid people t...
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The death of Anna Nicole Smith has been portrayed for decades by the very entertainment industry that led to her downfall. This tale of manipulation and institutional incompetence continues to be a warning, with Smith showing what happens when people see you as a product rather t...
