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Ex-Congressional Candidate Alice Wade Says Dem Colleague Told Her She “Stood No Chance” Because She’s Trans
New Hampshire Democratic state representative Alice Wade has spent her brief time in office pushing forward progressive policy points, often fighting against anti-transgender legislation such as bathroom restrictions and gender-affirming care bans since being elected in 2024. As ...
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Kristen Stewart Dishes On Her Status As a Gay Icon: "That S—t Is Tight!"
This story originally appeared on Out.Let's be honest... many people had their queer awakenings thanks to Kristen Stewart.The iconic actress raised a whole generation after starring in the popular Twilight films. After coming out as queer during her hosting appearance on Saturday...
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“Absolutely f**king not!”: Queer directors refuse "Harry Potter" work over JK Rowling's transphobia
Two queer women directors, Ally Pankiw and Kate Herron, recently revealed that they turned down opportunities to direct episodes of HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series because of the transphobic views of its billionaire author J.K. Rowling. In an Instagram post posted yesterday...
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JD Vance Demands That The DOJ Investigate Hospitals Caring for Transgender Patients
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Vice President JD Vance just suggested the Trump administration has not yet gone far enough in limiting access to gender-affirming care.The Republican urged the Justice Department on Thursday to investigate allegations that medical i...
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Director Kate Herron Says She Turned Down Work on Harry Potter — Twice!
Add director Kate Herron to the growing list of queer Hollywood creatives speaking up about turning down opportunities related to the HBO Max Harry Potter reboot series.On Thursday, after I Used to Be Funny director Ally Pankiw posted on Instagram about telling her team “absolute...
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Live music drag cabaret set for Shaw’s Tavern
Anja Dick will host “Song Birds – Live Music Drag Cabaret” on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 9 p.m. at Shaw’s Tavern. This is an all live singing drag hit sensation. The event will debut performances from Breast Midler and Harri Balls. Tickets start at $17.85 and are available on Eventbrit...
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Calendar: August 14-20
Friday, August 14 Go Gay DC will host “First Friday LGBTQ+ Happy Hour” at 7 p.m. at Freddie’s Beach Bar and Restaurant.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 Even...
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Trans activist confronts Dem AG in fiery public protest: "Clinics are dropping like flies!"
A fight over strategy against the Trump administration's denial of gender-affirming care for transgender youth erupted on Tuesday at a forum in Massachusetts, where a trans activist confronted the state's attorney general over not suing hospitals and clinics for ending the care. ...
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Sean Duffy’s MAGA Son-In-Law Wants a Seat in Congress. The Internet Wants Answers About His Eyebrows
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law Michael Alfonso is running for office, but all the internet can talk about is his eyebrows.Alfonso just won the Republican primary in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, but instea...
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"Vulgar!" Conservative Christians freak out over bizarre homoerotic Cheez-It commercial
One Million Moms (1MM) is upset over the latest commercial for the baked snack cracker Cheez-It because it features "offensive sexual innuendos with an extremely sensual message between two males." The ad, entitled "The Boyfriend," features a young woman who introduces her dad to...
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JD Vance & HHS are now accusing hospitals of fraudulently providing trans health care
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new report that claims that healthcare providers are mislabeling gender-affirming care to turn a fraudulent profit. The report, based on anti-trans assumptions and bias, is now being used as the basis for a fresh inve...
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Gay Bear Culture Survived Body Fascism. It Can Survive Ozempic
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Larger, hairier gay men who felt excluded from mainstream gay culture and its obsession with smooth skin and a low body fat percentage formed their own community in the late 1970s and dubbed themselves “bears.”In the decades since, t...
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“Go Woke, Go Broke” Starting to Choke: Companies That Kept DEI Under Trump 2.0 Fared Just as Well
A new report is proving once again that the tired conservative phrase “go woke go broke” has no truth behind it. Companies that kept their DEI policies in place, even after President Donald Trump put out an executive order in 2025 threatening companies that supported it, have sin...
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Lauren Boebert's son is such a bad dad he's going to jail but she thinks queer parents are worse
Tyler Boebert, the son of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), is such a bad parent that he's going to jail for it. But no one – least of all his mother – is going to question his legitimacy as a parent over it, even as these same people refuse to accept that queer people are the parents ...
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Beloved pastor, AIDS activist Rainey Cheeks dies at 74
Bishop Kwabena Albert “Rainey” Cheeks, the founder and former senior pastor of D.C.’s LGBTQ supportive Inner Light Ministries church and founder of Us Helping Us, People Into Living, which provides services for D.C.-area residents with HIV with an outreach to the Black LGBTQ comm...
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Text Blast Falsely Claims Gay Florida Candidate Is HIV Positive: “I Knew Exactly What They Were Trying to Do”
A text message falsely stating that openly gay Florida state senator Shevrin Jones is living with HIV is now facing widespread condemnation — and possible litigation, per CBS News. Jones, who currently represents Florida’s 34th district in the state senate, is running in the Demo...
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Affirming mom Rosie O’Donnell got a “they” tattoo to help remember her child’s pronouns
Rosie O’Donnell opened up this week about her struggle to remember her nonbinary child’s pronouns and the heartwarming lengths she’s gone to to remind herself. The actress, comedian, and television host was a guest on Tuesday’s episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, where sh...
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Watch Troye Sivan Take Nicole Kidman Clubbing With Trans Women and Drag Queens
This story originally appeared on Out.Troye Sivan's first single from his next album, "She's the Best," is both a love song to a woman and a star-studded affair. The title track, which dropped at midnight on Friday, includes a cameo from his close friend Charli XCX, and the accom...
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Unpacking the Transphobic, Bad-Faith Controversy Around Drew Afualo and E.R. Fightmaster’s Viral Comments
TikTok has been abuzz this week with controversy surrounding Drew Afualo, a popular social media creator and podcast host known for her feminist content. Though her clips regularly go viral, often drawing adverse reactions from misogynistic men, this most recent controversy has p...
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Beyond the Spotlight: Women Shaping the Future of Media
As part of an ongoing effort to celebrate the women and queer women reshaping media, GLAAD, in partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), hosted Beyond the Spotlight: Women Shaping the Future of Media Mixer, a conversation and networking evening spotlighting leaders across e...
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GOP candidate panned for accusing Democratic woman of being "more masculine" than a man
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), who is running for US Senate this year against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D), called his opponent "masculine" when compared to Minnesota's current governor, Tim Walz. First, looking at Peggy Flanagan, she's just a more muscula- more masculine version of Tim W...
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Recall when GOP passed an 'extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill' as protestors explained how it’s unworkable?
A bill that is being called the "most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill" in Indiana was passed by the state's Senate last week. S.B. 182 contains several provisions. First, it defines sex and gender in terms of reproductive organs and applies that definition to all laws in the state. Seco...
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Neil Patrick Harris says threat of a looming "scandal" forced him to publicly come out
Out actor Neil Patrick Harris said in an interview published yesterday that he publicly came out as gay in a November 2006 statement to People magazine at the age of 33 in anticipation of online blogs potentially outing the then-young actor. Talking with Great Company, a videocas...
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Massachusetts AG Struggles to Explain Why She Won’t Sue Hospitals Abandoning Trans Kids
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A transgender young person confronted Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell over why her office hasn’t sued hospitals denying gender-affirming care.During an interview on Boston Public Radio before a live audience at the Bos...
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Caitlyn Jenner delights in NBA players mocking trans athletes like her
Fox News rolled out transgender MAGA cheerleader Caitlyn Jenner on Wednesday to address the latest far-right trans controversy involving the Indiana Fever's Sophie Cunningham. Last month, Cunningham, the Fever's popular 6'1″ guard, sparked cheers among anti-trans MAGA types and a...
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Nicole Kidman Went Straight to the Source to Learn Makeup: Trans Women at the Club
Not every transgender woman is good at makeup. I have hundreds of failed eyeliner attempts to prove it — and the only times I’ve pulled off a full face in recent memory have been with transmasc assistance in a sort of gender knowledge swap arrangement.But it’s an open secret that...
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Supreme Court ruled Boy Scouts could exclude James Dale. Now he says that same rule protects LGBTQ scouts from Trump
James Dale, the gay former Boy Scout whose landmark Supreme Court case established the organization’s First Amendment right to exclude him, has filed a second federal lawsuit against the Department of Defense over its relationship with Scouting America. The Aug. 3 lawsuit, which ...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Board Votes to Put His Name Back on the Building — Despite a Judge’s Explicit Order
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Having been ordered by a federal judge to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Trump’s handpicked board has devised a new way to put it back.The board voted Thursday to inscribe “Restored ...
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Former White House doctor says Trump "has not looked well" & that we deserve answers
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s cardiologist, said in an op-ed published yesterday that President Donald Trump "has not looked well" during his second term, adding, "We should know why." It's the second time Reiner has sounded the alarm about Trump's heal...
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Recall when a club canceled a MAGA comedian’s shows after he called Renee Good a 'ret**ded lesbian'?
Creative Artists Agency, the mega Hollywood talent agency, is backing right-wing comedian Ben Bankas in his fight with a Minnesota comedy club. Laugh Camp in St. Paul canceled Bankas' three-night run following an offensive riff on Renee Good that went viral. Related Don Lemon's a...
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Matrix director Lilly Wachowski says she can't get Hollywood to fund her new all-trans movie
Lilly Wachowski revealed that while her new movie, The Hunted, is in late-stage production, it has stalled because Hollywood executives are declining to fund the $10 million project. Wachowski says that's because the story about trans people features an extensive trans cast. "Peo...
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Queer Director Ally Pankiw Shows Turning Down Harry Potter Is as Simple as One Text
Queer writer and director Ally Pankiw is showing that it’s pretty easy, actually, to not pursue work on the Harry Potter television series.In an Instagram post on August 13, the I Used to Be Funny director posted screenshots of a text exchange with an apparent member of her team,...
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Peggy Flanagan Wins Minnesota Senate Primary With Unapologetic Defense of Trans Rights
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Minnesota Democrats chose a progressive ally over an LGBTQ+ history-maker Tuesday, handing Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan victory against lesbian U.S. Rep. Angie Craig in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary for U.S. Senate.Results showed Fl...
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Rosie O'Donnell Got a "They" Tattoo to Remember Her Teen's Pronouns
This story originally appeared on Out.As Rosie O’Donnell prepares for her big week in front of a national audience of millions, she's sharing a very personal story that shows just how far she'll go to support her youngest child: She gave herself a permanent reminder in their hono...
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Meet Alex Bollinger, editor-in-chief of LGBTQ Nation
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists' "position is based on a lack of imagination, ignorance, and misinformation" and "that's why they will ultimately fail."This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation...
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Anti-vax conspirators are committing child neglect & abuse
In the mid to late 1940s, my aunt Bea and her husband lived on an army base where my uncle was stationed. During Bea’s pregnancy, she developed a rash over her body. Her physician diagnosed her symptoms as an allergic reaction to having eaten strawberries. Within the next six mon...
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Fellas, Is It Trans To Be a Pregnant Woman? Anne Hathaway's Haters Say Yes
Beloved actress Anne Hathaway, who is currently five months pregnant, is being “transvestigated” for showing off her nearly fully exposed baby bump on the red carpet. Yes, we had to read that twice also.At the August 9 Los Angeles premiere of The End of Oak Street, starring Hatha...
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"Shut the f**k up!" Democrat storms out of event as voters voice criticism of anti-trans bill
Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) has apologized after a discussion of his voting record on trans issues with a group of fellow Democrats turned ugly this week. The congressman, who is up for reelection in November, spent Tuesday evening speaking to Democratic voters in Virginia's predo...
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Two Down! Lev Goldberg’s History-Making Swim Across Huron Leaves Three Great Lakes
Lev Goldberg has made history — again. After previously becoming the first trans person to swim across Lake Ontario, Goldberg, who is a trans man, has bested another gargantuan feat: swimming across Lake Huron. Goldberg is also the first trans swimmer to accomplish this goal. Gol...
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Federal judge dismisses Minnesota's lawsuit against Trump administration's anti-trans stance
A federal judge dismissed Minnesota's lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's stance that states and school districts can't allow trans kids to participate in sports. Minnesota was the only state challenging Donald Trump's "two sexes" executive order. Minnesota sued the Tr...
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WNBA Strongly Denounces “Bad-Faith Efforts” of Cis Men Claiming to Be Trans to Join
The WNBA has commented on the growing number of outsiders trying to use the league’s gender eligibility policies to stir up controversy. Following news that two former NBA players, Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom, plan to register for the WNBA draft by simply saying they iden...
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"HUGE embarrassment": Another Trump-backed candidate loses… and refuses to concede
A third GOP candidate who had Donald Trump's endorsement just lost his primary race this week, which led some commentators to point out that Trump's influence on the party is waning. "Mike Lindell falling short in Minnesota is a HUGE embarrassment to Trump after his endorsement,"...
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Remember when a Republican Nancy Mace accused of being trans mocked her 'psychotic episode'?
Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is getting called out for her "psychotic episode" in an airport by a former GOP congressman who she joked was transgender. Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) was on Fox News discussing next year's midterm elections when he brought up Mace, saying tha...
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Will Michigan save the GOP?
Last week in Michigan we saw how dramatically wrong, and misleading, political polling can be. Because of that, and the media hype, it might have made a difference in the Democratic primary for the United States Senate. Haley Stevens lost by about 16,000 votes, and the second Dem...
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Treat our political opponents as neighbors not enemies
For much of my adult life, people have assumed they know my politics before I open my mouth. As a transgender man writing for an LGBTQ publication, many assume I fit neatly into one political camp. The truth is more complicated. I have long felt politically centrist. I believe de...
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Juju Nadeau, Trans 21-Year-Old Killed in Maine, Remembered as “An Angel Sent Here to Make Things Better”
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of fatal violence against a transgender woman.On the evening of August 5, Juju Nadeau was walking with friends along Back Cove Trail, a wooded path wedged between the water and Interstate 295 in Portland, Maine. As an avid urban e...
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Trump's gay toady tried to extort a musician. Now taxpayers now owe him $252,480.
Washington DC Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier ordered the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to pay $252,479.70 to jazz musician Chuck Redd within 45 days because the Center's former president, gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, baselessly tried to sue...
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GOP candidate who supports executing LGBTQ+ people suffers humiliating defeat
Republican Jadon MacCormack, a Connecticut State House candidate who literally wants to execute all LGBTQ+ people, decisively lost his primary race last night against his competitor, Anthony Emilio. MacCormack won only 90 votes, less than 20% of the total votes cast for both cand...
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Recall when Trump’s lesbian niece explained how his upbringing made him want Qatar’s luxury plane?
Donald Trump's lesbian niece and clinical psychologist Mary Trump explained the psychological roots of her uncle's compulsion with luxury goods that led him to illegally accept a Boeing 747-8 as a gift from Qatar. "Thanks to my grandfather, money, in my family, was the only curre...
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MAGA candidate spoke at Christian conference alongside child rapist & hate pastors
Anti-LGBTQ+ and MAGA Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey (R) spoke at the recent Signs & Wonders Christian conference alongside homophobic pastors and a self-described ex-gay man who raped two 15-year-old boys. Bailey — who said in a 2025 interview that schoolchildren ...
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Slovakia defies EU & refuses to register gay couple's marriage
The Central European nation of Slovakia rejected a gay couple's attempt to have their marriage registered, possibly setting up a clash with the European Union (EU). Ivan Novotný and Metod Špaček, who are both Slovak, got married in Austria in 2020. Both nations are EU member stat...
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WATCH: Jordan Roth Reflects on Breakout Role in Ryan Murphy's "The Shards" and How It All Started with a DM
Set in the glitzy Hollywood Hills of 1981, Bret Easton Ellis' semi-autobiographical thriller The Shards has just about everything one would want from a Ryan Murphy series. The acts of violence are mysterious, the teens are poreless, everyone is oversexed. It comes as no surprise ...
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Gay candidate smeared in text message campaign that says he has HIV
The Democratic primary for a seat in Congress representing parts of the Miami area got ugly on Tuesday when voters received a campaign text message smearing the leading candidate with an accusation that he is HIV positive. Shevrin Jones, Florida's first out Black state senator, i...
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Virginia Congressman's Meeting With Transgender Democrats Erupts Into Profanity. Then He Walked Out
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Rep. Eugene Vindman came to a predominantly Republican Virginia county Tuesday night expecting to tell local Democrats why they needed to help him win reelection and put their party back in control of Congress. Instead, the first-ter...
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LGBTQ+ Democrats win big in Tuesday primaries while Angie Craig loses Senate bid
Primary voters in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Connecticut went to the polls on Tuesday, delivering mixed results for progressive candidates, but strong showings for LGBTQ+ Democrats. The Progressive wave that has swept Democratic primaries in some states this year continue...