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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blasted the Trump administration's attempt to blame him and former President Joe Biden for all of their problems, and he pithily summed up his criticism of them. Buttigieg appeared on Jen Psaki's MS NOW show last night to discuss Don...
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A Germantown, Md., man arrested by D.C. police on a charge of simple assault with a hate crime designation for allegedly assaulting a gay man while using “homophobic slurs” has agreed to an offer by prosecutors to plead guilty to simple assault without the hate crime designation ...
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While Michael Jackson is the uncontested King of Pop, Madonna can easily be considered its queen. She has managed to maintain relevancy throughout the decades and borrowed from different genres and even cultures. There was Puerto Rican freestyle-inspired early Madonna, the "Evita...
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A federal judge on Friday ruled against a Trump administration provision to to remove gender-affirming care as an essential health benefit covered under the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 law (also known as Obamacare) which requires the federal government to subsidize such benefits....
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An unknown vandal spray-painted graffiti and smashed a window displaying pro-LGBTQ+ signs at Corner Drug, a family-owned pharmacy in Woodland, California early Monday morning. The signs expressed support for Woodland Pride and LGBTQ+ residents, with one sign stating, "Hate has no...
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A Ring home security camera captured footage of anti-LGBTQ+ U.S. Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) looking through a voter's mailbox while canvassing for votes last Sunday around 4:55 p.m., Fine confirmed to the celebrity gossip website TMZ. The video shows Fine ringing the house's front do...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced last week that federal funding could no longer be used to pay for gender-affirming care through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The rule prohibits federal Medicaid dollars from covering puberty blockers...
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Lesbian comedian Rosie O'Donnell briefly mocked the president and mentioned her recent life in Dublin, Ireland, with her 13-year-old child (who is nonbinary) while guest-hosting the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday. "They said you can't come home again, but here I...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that would have prevented some gender-affirming care from being treated as an essential health benefit under the Affordable Care Act.Senior U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gor...
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just handed the Trump administration a win, upholding a Department of Justice (DOJ) administrative subpoena seeking the personal and confidential health records of trans youth. The ruling cedes authority to the executive branch while making part...
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Oh, the limits of the transgender imagination know no bounds, and I think that’s beautiful. The latest trans headcanon? Everyone’s favorite spider-bitten superhero: Peter Parker, who is actually, in fact, Petra Parker, at least according to trans stans of the Marvel franchise. Re...
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Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears has announced her campaign against efforts to enshrine marriage equality and reproductive rights in the state constitution will make several stops in Northern Virginia. Her “Life and Marriage Tour” will include stops in Manassas, Winch...
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Citing risk to both clients and staff, the Russian LGBT Network, the country's largest LGBTQ+ rights group, announced on Monday it is shutting down. “We made this decision after carefully assessing the risks. We cannot control the repressive environment, but we can do everything ...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used an anti-trans slur at a public appearance in Iowa yesterday. "At the Department of War, we do training, not tr***ies," he said at the Iowa State Fair yesterday, referring to the Department of Defense as the "Department of War," even though only...
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A female police officer in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is facing an internal affairs investigation after being accused of using Flock cameras to track an ex-girlfriend. In an affidavit for an abuse prevention order filed last week, the ex-girlfriend alleged that after she ended t...
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Years of scientific research have repeatedly debunked the conservative myth that transgender children are too young to have a solid understanding of their identity, showing that trans and cisgender kids actually develop their internal sense of gender at the same age. The consensu...
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What Uncloseted's Investigation Found: Strength in Weakness (SIW) says it does not practice conversion therapy. But 24 former participants and people close to the ministry described teachings centered on suppressing LGBTQ identity and behavior through celibacy, heterosexual relat...
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Earlier this year, out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk and MAGA conspiracy theorist who was sentenced to years in prison for tampering with voting machines. And new evidence shows that the White House held a "brai...
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We all have those memories of our awkward teenage years and our first high school queer crush. And by “we all,” I of course include icon Gillian Anderson who had her own tumultuous experience with a sapphic relationship early in her life. While speaking about her childhood with T...
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The WNBA has reversed course after security guards asked fans wearing both pro-trans and anti-trans shirts to cover up the messaging on their apparel at a recent game. At Sunday’s game between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream, which took place at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena...
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Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), the frontrunner in the race to become Florida's next governor, attacked the Democratic frontrunner repeatedly for his support of some trans rights. Arguing that Democratic frontrunner and former Rep. David Jolly isn't "a cultural fit for our state," Don...
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As middle and high school students head back to class for a new school year, combined research shows that affirming teachers and the support of friends are instrumental to a positive school experience for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse (TGE) students. The research bri...
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In Jane Schoenbrun’s filmography to date, characters have touched screens more than each other.In both We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and I Saw the TV Glow, the hazy specter of computer monitors and boxy CRTs serve as fantastical portals with the capacity to both trap and tr...
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A Russian LGBTQ advocacy group on Monday announced it will shut down after a court declared it an "extremist" organization. A St. Petersburg court in April in response to a Russian Justice Ministry lawsuit made the declaration against the Russian LGBT Network. "For many years, Ru...
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Video taken late Saturday night shows Atlanta, Georgia police arresting Jen-Chase Daniels, co-owner of the lesbian bar My Sister’s Room, for a noise violation that she says actually came from Blackjack, a nearby bar with outdoor speakers. "We did nothing wrong tonight. We did not...
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The left-leaning media outlet The Kansas Reflector mocked state Republican gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson for viewing drag queens as the state's "greatest threat ever," despite the fact that, during his time as a state senator, he allegedly helped kill an anti-drag bill. Th...
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Transgender CIA agent Julia Curlee spent two decades in the agency, serving four presidents through three wars and travelling to 35 countries. She provided daily intelligence briefs to Vice President Mike Pence during President Donald Trump's first term, and worked for the first ...
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Companies that maintained their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives performed better than those that removed them in the face of anti-DEI threats from the Trump administration, according to new research reported by The Guardian last Friday. The research's findings ...
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Jen-Chase Daniels, the co-owner of Atlanta lesbian bar My Sister’s Room, said she was arrested on Saturday night for alleged noise violations that she says did not come from the business. According to testimony in an incident report by arresting Atlanta Police Department officer ...
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A Wisconsin educator is suing his former school district for discrimination, alleging that several members of the district's board worked with anti-LGBTQ+ activists to fabricate a pretext to fire him because he is gay, going so far as to allegedly write an "anonymous" letter fals...
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Fox News was caught lying about gas prices last year to make it seem like they had actually gone down this year. A graphic shown on Fox claimed that the average price of gas today, according to AAA, is $4.06, but one year ago it was $4.13, implying that gas prices have actually c...
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At the end of the school year, a Catholic high school removed all of its Pride flags. Now the school is back at the beginning of a new academic year with a Pride symbol that they think will work for the school since they came up with it themselves. It seems everyone has an opinio...
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Ready to get your life together? Virgo season (August 23–September 23) is nearly here, and it’s exactly the cosmic cleanup we need after a hectic end to Leo season.Ruled by Mercury, the planet of mental processes, this practical earth sign notices everything. Its mental sharpness...
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Resilience takes many forms for LGBTQ people and reveals itself in multiple ways. It comes to light in the long arc of history or in powerful shorter steps for progress. Pride is historically celebrated as a reflection of resilience and determination. For organizers of Prattville...
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Bisexual Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho said there is a "trans genocide" currently happening in the US during her conversation on the August 12th installment of Black comedian W. Kamau Bell's podcast Who's With Me? The comedians began their discussion on trans issues by me...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.As anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace heads for the exits in Washington, she has announced a new podcast—and revealed a collection of previously hidden tattoos.The real gossip emerging from the South Carolina Republican’s latest episode of “...
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Deja Diamond hosted Nellie's Drag Brunch on Sunday at Nellie's Sports Bar. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: Nellie's Drag Brunch appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
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If Pete Buttigieg isn't going to run for president, he's doing a really bad job hiding it. Buttigieg is out on the campaign trail, boosting his favored candidates, which is standard fare for any presidential wannabe at this stage of the game. What is different is that Buttigieg i...
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A New Bedford, Massachusetts, police officer is under investigation after being accused of using a Flock Safety camera to track her ex-girlfriend’s movements, per the New Bedford Light. In a signed affidavit, the ex-girlfriend, who is not named in media reports, said she began re...
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Barbara ("Boo") Easter Price, a pioneering figure in the women’s music movement, died Tuesday, Aug. 4 in Oakland, Calif. Price produced some of the earliest women’s music concerts as a new lesbian-feminist culture was taking shape, and was a driving force behind the Michigan Womy...
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LGBTQ+ people were the only demographic in a recent poll that supported allowing trans people to compete on sports teams as their gender. In results just posted online from the Pew Research Center, 73% of American adults said that they were either "not too" or "not at all" comfor...
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Hayden Panettiere, the actress who starred in beloved television shows such as Nashville and Heroes before joining the Scream franchise for two installments, died on Sunday. She was 36 years old. A representative for Panettiere confirmed the actress’s death and her father Skip Pa...
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Sometimes, when you think you know what to expect from a movie, it doesn’t match those expectations. What do you do then? I’m not talking about the unmet expectations of fans, like those who complain that Kubrick’s “The Shining” made sweeping changes from Stephen King’s novel, or...
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One day, Trump will leave office. T he right-wing minds that control his presidency will have less power, and we'll start dismantling the anti-trans scaffolding that his administration has built around society. When that day comes, some parts of society will heal faster than othe...
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An unknown vandal knocked down and crushed a pro-LGBTQ+ display of rainbow-colored doors outside of the First Congregational Church of Fresno in California. While neighbors quickly restored the welcoming display, local police are searching for the vandal (but are not investigatin...
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Trump administration cuts off CHIP and Medicaid funding for trans health care What happened: The administration implemented a new rule that bars the two joint federal-state programs that help provide health care to low-income families from covering gender-affirming care for trans...
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A Florida newspaper last Wednesday criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed Attorney General James Uthmeier for telling the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops that their schools can't receive taxpayer-funded vouchers if they require vaccinations. "Apparently, Uthmeier believes ...
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‘Bromantasy’By Maire Rochec.2026, G.P. Putnam’s Sons$20/339 pages “Danger” just happens to be your middle name. Any fray, any tussle, anytime anybody needs help, they count on you to step in and save the day. You’re brave, smart and strategic, kind to old people, children, and sm...
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‘The Notebook’Aug. 18-30National Theatre1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.$89-$197Broadwayatthenational.com When Grace Ohwensadeyo Rundberg first imagined a career in musical theater, she wasn’t sure exactly how she’d fit in. As a gay actor would she play queer characters? Outside of “...
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(Dedicated to the memory of Charles O. Howard, 1961-1984.) Over the years, we have lost a number of good people of all social identities to hate-related murder. This article that I wrote in summer 1994 for World: The Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Association seems as thou...
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The Big Gay Flotilla, a gay informal annual meet-up slated for last Saturday in Long Beach, California, went on as planned, despite a deluge of death threats and homophobic online attacks, according to organizer Sal Flores. One man who posted a death threat was arrested days befo...
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