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This story originally appeared on Out.Aging is not for the faint of heart. Your body and mind go through massive changes. Most people are aware that, as you move into your 50s and beyond, you need to start paying closer attention to your blood pressure and cholesterol. But few kn...
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Sophia Hutchins, the 29-year-old MAGA supporting transgender woman who was once rumored to be the girlfriend of right-wing trans conservative millionaire Caitlyn Jenner, recently died in an accident while driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) near Jenner's condo in Malibu, Califor...
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After being asked about the month-long national controversy that has followed her July 21 ESPN profile in which she expressed opposition to transgender participation in sports, WNBA player Sophie Cunningham deflected, telling people to instead look at her stats.“Look at my stats…...
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Brittany Boltinhouse — the now-dethroned, Trump-supporting winner of the Miss North Carolina USA 2026 beauty pageant — filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against the pageant's producers A Blaize Productions and Miss USA President Thom Brodeur for “maliciously coordinating to pu...
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's (D) reelection campaign trolled his Republican opponent, Darren Bailey, last Wednesday over his alleged belief that dinosaurs and early humans coexisted. The Pritzker campaign sent a group of people in inflatable dinosaur costumes to the State Fair's R...
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Nicholas Hoult is not headed to Hogwarts after all. The Juror #2 actor, who had previously been attached to star as the vain Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart in the upcoming second season of HBO’s Harry Potter reboot series, has dropped out and been replace...
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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has quietly removed several documents from its website pertaining to the care of trans inmates, according to new reporting by Transistics. That includes the long-established policy that allowed trans people to receive non-surgical g...
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Remember when buying a new car didn’t require the financial stamina of a “Succession” character? This summer, the average new-vehicle price hit $49,758—basically $50,000 with a little lipstick on it. That makes the Kia K4 hatchback and Nissan Kicks especially refreshing. Neither ...
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In a lengthy sit-down interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Sam Smith opened up about rising to fame and coming out as nonbinary in their twenties.“The whole time, I’ve always been nonbinary,” Smith, 34, said, reflecting on the period following the release of their May 2014 deb...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Despite ever-growing food and fuel prices, an ailing health care system, and violent conflicts in the U.S. and abroad, the far right has decided to continue to wage war on transgender student-athletes. And while politicians debate th...
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Former New York Knicks center Enes Kanter Freedom was kicked out of a WNBA game on Sunday after clashing with a player over his anti-trans beliefs. The incident took place at Chicago's Wintrust Arena during a matchup between the Chicago Sky and the Indiana Fever. Kanter Freedom, ...
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The former publicist of Phil McGraw, known publicly as Dr. Phil, is suing the television personality for anti-gay discrimination, among other alleged indiscretions, Jerry Sharell started working for the former talk show host in 2016 and became president of publicity in 2019. He c...
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People who thought they were attending a WNBA game in Chicago on Sunday evening were also treated to a three-ring circus courtesy of former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom.Freedom, who announced his intention to be drafted into the WNBA on August 7 as a seeming anti-trans publicit...
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A right-wing pundit tried to defend White House aide Natalie Harp's bizarre letters to Donald Trump, in which she asked him to "punish" her and "cuss her out" when she "deserve[s]" it, by arguing that Harp is actually "the poster child for modern-day feminists." Amy Robbins is th...
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India’s proposed overhaul of its foreign funding law could put LGBTQ organizations that depend on overseas donations under new pressure. Introduced in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, on March 25, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, or FCRA, w...
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Donald Trump is now claiming that he has ordered hospitals to perform "reverse surgery" on trans people. It is not clear what he's referring to. The president was speaking at a rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on behalf of Republican Senate candidate Darline Graham Nordone ...
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In New York City, Jasmine Kennedie, who famously came out as trans while competing on Season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race, faced a harrowing incident of public harassment on Sunday night. On Monday, she shared her story on Instagram, with video of her tormenter. After a performance a...
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On July 8, Divine Playhouse opened inside a deconsecrated 158-year-old former church on Kent Street in Sydney, Australia. Although the organizers had a permit and received a $100,000 grant from Create NSW to host events in the previously unused space for a whole year, the organiz...
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US House member and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds (R-FL) calls himself a "Trump-supporting, gun-owning, liberty-loving, pro-life, politically incorrect Black man." Byron Donalds' LGBTQ+ legislative record not only aligns him with MAGA's anti-queer ideology but suggests th...
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‘Garbo: The Actor Who Saved the World’Sept. 3-27GALA Hispanic Theatre3333 14th St., NW$25-$50galatheatre.org Conflict, intrigue, and abundant imagination – all the elements for an extraordinary story. Add real-life Spanish spy Juan Pujol García who worked as a double agent loyal ...
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Middle school students pushed past a "wall of teachers" this past Friday to walk out and protest their school board's ban on a musical composition honoring Stonewall veteran Marsha P. Johnson, issued earlier in the week. Administrators had placed the school under a "cautionary lo...
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After the FIFA World Cup, footage showed Donald Trump talking to reporters while a man who looked eerily similar to the president wandered around in the background, even wearing a similar suit. Many took to social media to suggest that this might be a double or a stand-in, or in ...
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A transgender music teacher in North Carolina, targeted by a state lawmaker, Libs of TikTok, and a local chapter of Moms for Liberty, was defended at multiple school board meetings this month as "perfectly qualified" and "a lovely person." "There is no reason why their ability to...
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. was outraged when Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) asked him about how he suggested that antidepressants played a role in last week's Minneapolis school shooting, where a shooter killed two children and injured 17 other people befor...
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Federal court blocks Trump administration's attempt to remove gender-affirming care from Obamacare Which lawsuit this was: 21 states sued the Department of Health and Human Services over a 2025 rule that said that individual and small-group insurance plans sold on the Obamacare m...
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‘Finding Renée Richards’By Julie Kliegmanc.2026, HarperOne$28.99/272 pages Come on in, the water’s fine. Wade into it up to your ankles, your calves, your waist, you’ll be OK. You’ll adjust to the waves that swirl around you so come on, dive in, it’s all good. As in the new book ...
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The WNBA apologized after fans at last Sunday's game in Georgia between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream were instructed by security to cover shirts communicating both pro- and anti-trans messages. "This should not have happened," the league said in a statement reported by...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.President Donald Trump falsely claimed Friday that American hospitals are performing “reverse surgery” on transgender people because he ordered them to do so.“In fact, hospitals now are doing reverse surgery at my order,” Trump told ...
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Stew Peters, a Russia-backed anti-LGBTQ+ influencer who once baselessly accused a gay father of raping his own children, recently said that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) should be dropped off in Iran's capital city of Tehran to see if he'll be killed by anti-LGBTQ+ extremists. He's ...
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Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister who was appointed to his office to finish out his term, is woefully unqualified to be a senator, as we found out this week from her non-answer to a question about Taiwan. But not enough people are talking a...
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Transgender actress Laverne Cox and other queer media stars of color are shining a light a troubling trend: a decrease in screen time and representation for Black LGBTQ+ figures in TV and movies. “And it’s never been about positive or negative representations,” Laverne Cox said a...
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Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. This week's Good News Roundup has it all: queer entertainers standing up for trans people, court victories...
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The quest for a deeper voice is something that rings true for many transmasculine people. On subreddits like r/ftm and r/TransMasc, dedicated to helping trans men crowdsource information on ways to obtain their transition goals, how to make your voice deeper is nearly as frequent...
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Actor Rob Lowe admitted yesterday in a conversation with Oprah Winfrey on his podcast Literally! With Rob Lowe that he was repeatedly called a "fa**ot" during his childhood because he was "pretty," USA Today reported. "I wish that when I was younger I was cute. What I actually wa...
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Pop singer and LGBTQ+ ally Ariana Grande successfully got her song “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” removed from a transphobic August 20 video posted by President Donald Trump's TikTok account. It's the second time the Trump administration has used Grande's music withou...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Log Cabin Republicans officially abandoned the transgender community, pulling the ladder of progress and support that benefited its members up behind themselves.Ross Hemminger, president of the nation’s most prominent gay Republi...
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Each generation has had to grapple with its own existential challenges. For many of our readers, those include climate change, AI, and the rising tide of fascism. Add to that list the so-called “top shortage,” which according to certain hyperonline queer people is one of the defi...
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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) on Thursday signed a robust defense of transgender rights and women's bodily autonomy, shielding individuals from out-of-state investigations over medical care associated with gender identity and abortion. “If Greg Abbott or Ron DeSantis tries t...
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GLAAD is heading to Toronto, Canada for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), now in its 51st year. The inaugural TIFF: The Market will run from September 10-16, 2026 serving as a major B2B content hub alongside the fest (September 10-20, 2026). Full film and ev...
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Log Cabin Republicans, an organization that formerly represented LGBTQ conservatives, has removed advocating for transgender and queer rights from its “renewed” national advocacy focus. In an opinion piece written by Log Cabin Republicans President Ross Hemminger for the conserva...
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Donald Trump invited Liberty University student Sage Blair to the State of the Union address yesterday. But who is she? Among the anti-trans proposals Trump advocated for in his State of the Union address Tuesday night was a nationwide ban on schools acknowledging and supporting ...
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Two intimate letters sent by White House aide Natalie Harp to President Donald Trump were published by The Daily Beast today, and they shine some light on the bizarre nature of their relationship. At a rally last week, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) drew attention to how much time Trump ...
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Rajab Ali, a 46-year-old transgender man, spent his life savings of 6 million Pakistani rupees (about $21,000) to build a mosque in the Okara district of Pakistan's Punjab province. He hoped to pray there in peace, but he has repeatedly faced discrimination, both during and after...
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Out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg won in head-to-head matchups against Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, two likely Republican 2028 presidential candidates, in a recent poll. Emerson College Polling asked likely voters who they'd vote fo...
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Following a record-shattering debut, Peacock has officially renewed its breakout drama series, 'The Five-Star Weekend', for a second season. Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s 2023 bestselling novel, the series has rapidly climbed to become Peacock’s #1 scripted series of all time in ov...
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It’s interesting how the mainstream media, especially the conservative part of it, likes to write about transgender subculture when they should speak up about trans people. How often do you see mentions of blue or purple hair, Marxism, specific clothing styles and ecology when yo...
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While there is still a group of people who believe adolescents experiencing same-sex attractions can actually overcome their identities to become heterosexual, the overall mindset among the religious right has shifted. Nowadays, the thinking tends to be that just because a person...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Actor Ruby Rose, who said she considered Hayden Panettiere "my protector" and "my sister," posted alleged screenshots of text messages on social media that reveal emotional trouble the late actor was experiencing before her death this week. O...
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The singular “they” has claimed another victim: comedian Matt Mathews. The comedian, who is currently on his Not What I Ordered World Tour, took umbrage with Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss who briefly used the pronoun “them” in a generic sense to refer to his partn...
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In response to Trump administration threats to its federal funding, Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) has updated its policies governing how its staff handle records related to trans and non-binary gender identities. The only major change is an assertion that the policie...
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Generally speaking, the “Stoner Comedy” genre is aimed at an audience of “stoners,” and if you’re not one, you probably don’t get the appeal. If you are, though, you’re likely to enjoy “The Wrong Girls,” the new indie from screenwriter Dylan Meyer in her directorial debut, which ...
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Ariana Grande continues to be a “Problem” for the Trump administration. The “Into You” singer left a disapproving comment on a TikTok posted by the Team Trump account on TikTok on Wednesday. The account is the official social media account for President Donald Trump’s campaign, a...
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Democrat Maureen “Mo” Madden is running for the Delaware House of Representatives in the 38th District, seeking to win a seat that has been held by Republicans for more than two decades. The race opened up after Republican state Rep. Ron Gray announced in April that he would not ...
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Impulse Group DC was to host a “PrEP Pool Party” on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. at Vida Fitness: Navy Yard. However, organizers have announced that the event has been cancelled. Visit @impulsegroupdc on Instagram for information on future events for Impulse Group DC. The post UPD...
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Friday, August 21 Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Community Happy Hour” at 7 p.m. at Uproar Rooftop. This is a chance to relax, make new friends, and enjoy happy hour specials at this classic retro venue. Attendance is free and more details are available on Eventbrite. Trans and Gend...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Three former CIA officers are warning that President Donald Trump’s campaign against diversity initiatives and transgender federal employees threatens to recreate one of the darkest periods in the history of the nation’s intelligence...
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During a Monday shootout with state troopers, 29-year-old farmer and Trump supporter Steven Righini held his four-week-old daughter hostage, barricaded in his Portage Lake, Maine home while publishing social media posts about "pedos" and "transgenders harassing" him. Righini, who...
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Uncloseted Media published this article on Aug. 21. By SPENCER MACNAUGHTON and HOPE PISONI | Since President Donald Trump regained office in January 2025, he and his administration have waged an all-out war against the LGBTQ community. This has led queer Americans to move to othe...
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Control of Florida's Sarasota County Schools Board will flip to a Democratic majority following recent election wins and the fact that Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler — who was implicated in a 2023 rape scandal alleged by the woman she and her husband had threesomes w...
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Transphobic billionaire Harry Potter author JK Rowling issued an exceedingly rare statement of support for transgender adults and gender-affirming care yesterday. Regardless, her comment doesn't make up for her continued anti-trans activism. In a response to a now-deleted comment...
