A new law signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in April will mandate how cities and counties in the state spend their taxpayers' money when the law takes effect on January 1st, 2027, voiding any local ordinance, program, or official policy action related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
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Uncloseted Media published this article on Oct. 14. This story was reported in partnership with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, and policy. By HOPE PISONI | On Sept. 14, far-right influencer Chaya Raichik, known online as Libs of TikTok, attacked a W...
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William “Bill” Corcoran, an attorney who began his career as a legal officer with the U.S. Navy before becoming an official with the U.S. Department of Justice and legal counsel for a U.S. Senate committee, passed away at his home in D.C. on Aug. 2, He was 83. His husband, Eric P...
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Hungarian lawmakers voted 139-51 on Tuesday to remove anti-LGBTQ+ provisions from a 2021 "child protection" law passed by the country's former far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which banned the "portrayal" or "promotion" of sexual and gender diversity in schools and child-ac...
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In a major update for all New York City horse girls and gays, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and city council speaker Julie Menin endorsed a proposed horse drawn carriage bill on Tuesday, which would definitively ban the use of horse-drawn carriages in the city, particularly in Central Par...
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The masculinity-obsessed and virulently anti-LGBTQ+ Fox News host Jesse Watters bent over backward in a recent segment to explain why it's not gay for Donald Trump to fawn over other men's bodies. Watters was referring to comments the president made about Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-OH)...
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Last year, my mail carrier noticed the giant Pride flag hanging in my living room window. My heart skipped a beat, and I braced for a fight. Instead, he smiled and wished me a happy belated Pride Month. It still took several minutes for my body to feel safe again. When I wrote ab...
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Sapphic vampire lovers, rejoice! On Monday, Penguin Classics announced the release of Florence Marryat’s 1897 gothic novel The Blood of the Vampire as part of its revered literary collection. Calling Marryat a “forgotten legend of gothic horror,” Penguin Classics observed in its ...
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A Democratic US House candidate from Montana, Sam Forstag, is earning praise from trans advocates for his defense of trans rights during a Tuesday morning debate with his virulently anti-trans Republican opponent, Aaron Flint. “Everybody in Montana deserves to live the life of di...
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Vice President JD Vance joked that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is gay on Tuesday. While campaigning for Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate candidate and current Texas attorney general, Vance made a joke that seemed to call into question Talarico’s sexuality du...
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Despite conservative pundits framing transgender inclusion in the WNBA as the latest flashpoint in a growing “culture war,” a new data analysis found that the actual opposition to trans athletes in the league has been largely exaggerated.A new analysis by data analytics firm GUDE...
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Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday by a 139-51 vote margin approved a bill that would remove anti-LGBTQ provisions from a 2021 "child protection" law the country’s former prime minister championed. “It shall be forbidden to make accessible to persons who have not attained the age of ...
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Senate candidate James Talarico (D) recently took some time off from campaigning to recover from the flu, which his team said hit him especially hard because he has Type 1 diabetes. But somehow, the innocuous nine days he went without making a public appearance sent the MAGA-sphe...
