The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office announced on Monday that actress Daveigh Chase — who starred in films such as Donnie Darko, The Ring and lent her voice to Spirited Away and Lilo & Stitch — died due to complications related to an AIDS diagnosis. Chase was 35 at...
Two anti-LGBTQ+ Republican members of Congress are demanding that an Irish dance organization kick a trans teen out of an upcoming competition, arguing that trans women have a "biological" advantage over cis women. Reps. Randy Fine (R-FL) and Greg Steube (R-FL) – who both have a ...
Political expert Robert Reich believes the tide may finally be turning against Donald Trump. "The slumbering giant of America is awakening," wrote Reich – who served as President Bill Clinton’s secretary of labor and is now a professor of public policy at the University of Califo...
In recent years, some of Asia's most significant legal developments involving LGBTQ rights have unfolded not in parliamentary chambers but in courtrooms. From marriage equality lawsuits in Japan to litigation over same-sex spousal benefits in South Korea and constitutional challe...
Tens of thousands of people on Saturday took part in the annual Budapest Pride march in the Hungarian capital. The march took place less than two months after new Prime Minister Péter Maygar took office. Hungarian lawmakers in 2025 passed a bill that banned Pride events and allow...
A video posted on X by user Dimitry Yakoushkin of the incident went viral, showing gay California state Sen. Wiener (D-San Francisco) being chased out of Dolores Park, while the group screamed at him. Multiple people in the protest group were wearing black ski masks that conceale...
This story originally appeared on Out.The MPAA — responsible for rating movies in the U.S. — is notorious for slapping LGBTQ+ movies with NC-17 ratings. The stigma around this dreaded rating means that theater chains will ban the film, and advertising gets tricky. An NC-17 rating...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Kansas has dropped charges against a transgender woman who faced jail time for driving with a license that she had been forced by state law to use.Kris Ripper, a trans woman, told Transitics that she was pulled over on May 5 while dr...
While many eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court awaiting the verdicts in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, another court case involving transgender rights is unfolding less than a mile away at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia — one that could have las...
The sixth annual Fredericksburg Pride March was held in downtown Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, June 27. Stafford County Board of Supervisors Chair Deuntay Diggs led the march alongside Fredericksburg City Council Member Jannan W. Holmes. The Fredericksburg Pride Festival took ...
California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) says he was “verbally and physically” harassed while trying to attend San Francisco’s annual Trans March by a group of people he claims misrepresented his stance on Israel and Gaza. In a statement posted to Instagram on Saturday, the gay Jew...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Flint Del Sol thought the government might tell him no. He did not expect it to say the quiet part in writing.For nearly three years, Del Sol, an educator and author, had been pursuing a workplace discrimination complaint with the U....
Disgraced ex-gay MAGA provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos recently said that President Donald Trump faked the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt on his life. Queer congressional Democrats largely condemned the shooting, which was carried out by the now-dead 20-year-old shooter Thomas ...
Fox News hosts have been brutally mocked for claiming that thousands of people attended the president's Great American State Fair in Washington, DC, over the weekend, despite footage showing mostly empty fairgrounds. The event, planned by the Donald Trump's Freedom 250 Task Force...
Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered Thursdays.The Daughters of the American Revolution officially rejected a proposed ban on transgender women from joining the organization on June 26.The long-awaited vote came after years of pressure within the...
From Drag Race stars to international professional athletes, public figures are sharing their truth.
Dozens of protestors gathered outside New Hope Community Church in Palatine, IL, on Friday after the religious institution displayed a series of anti-Pride messages on an electronic sign outside the building. "Ditch Pride, embrace humility," one message reads. Another declares, "...
Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered Thursdays.A Republican Florida lawmaker with a history of anti-LGBTQ+ stances got caught using Claude, an AI assistant built by Anthropic, to draft a summary of an amendment she proposed to existing legislatio...
Pete Buttigieg’s chilling account of being briefly separated from his four-year-old twins due to an anonymous false report should leave every parent – gay or straight – angry, and every American alarmed. He rightly called the experience the “darkest hours” of his life. Related NY...
A federal investigator told a trans teacher that his complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is being dismissed because the agency is no longer allowed to investigate trans rights cases. The move confirms the real-world effect of a policy put out in a memo...
On Sunday, just hours before he marched in the Chicago Pride Parade, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) signed three trans rights bills into law. HB 5095 solidifies the process for trans people to correct the gender marker on their IDs to male, female, or X. HB 5492 mandates that insu...
During Pride Month, it's common to see a variety of LGBTQ+ Pride flags. But the variety of designs and meanings can be hard to decipher. Each one has its own unique history and symbolism, which celebrate the diversity of identities under the queer umbrella. Below is an explanatio...
Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular, legal name Braden Eric Peters, went viral over the weekend for allegedly kissing a transgender woman during his ongoing livestream. However, that’s not the case.On Friday, June 27, a viral clip from the livestream capturing Clavicular’s stint i...
Last week's primary results built on a theme that's been running through this year's elections. If you want to win as a Democrat, you better be willing to ditch the consultants and give the people what they want. And what they want are fighters who are thinking differently about ...
Anti-trans Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) issued a public apology on Thursday after reportedly mistaking a cisgender woman in a U.S. Capitol restroom for out transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE). She allegedly told the woman, “You shouldn’t be here,” an anonymous Republican represen...
Iran and Egypt on Friday faced off during the World Cup’s “Pride Match” in Seattle. Iran is among the handful of countries in which consensual same-sex sexual relations remain punishable by death. Discrimination and persecution based on sexual orientation and gender identity is c...
LGBTQ+ consumers spend about $1.4 trillion in the U.S. annually and $3.9 trillion globally, but about 70% are spending their money with businesses that they see supporting the community — and an almost equal amount are avoiding companies they see as reducing their inclusion commi...
The government of Malaysia is urging the public to discontinue use of the term "LGBT" to avoid "normalizing" LGBTQ+ people and the broader community. In its place, the Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs, Marhamah Rosli, says the public should now use the term “budaya songsang,...
Under the direction of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and a mandate from the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation, dozens of workers from Florida's Department of Transportation (FDOT) on Sunday evening bulldozed and sledgehammered an iconic Pride crosswalk located i...
The second annual Frederick Pride Parade was held in the streets of downtown Frederick, Md. on Friday, June 26. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Frederick Pride Parade appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights,...
I know that everyone who has ever lived on planet Earth has suffered some form of difficulty, hardship, or trauma during their early years. Everyone, even those who may have died in the womb. During those early years when we experienced hardships, we learned, most likely automati...
‘Please Underestimate Me’Through July 12Olney Theatre Centerat Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd.Olney, Md.$47-$101Olneytheatre.org Carla Hall gained celebrity status from Bravo TV’s “Top Chef.” She was funny and fun, and with her kooky signature catch phrase ...
“Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” was a phrase often repeated in many of my management courses from the University of Illinois. The concept was discussed at length – how the best laid plans can sometimes be supported or derailed by the culture of the people involved in whiche...
As a child, my relationship with cars was defined by instability and fear. That changed when I got to ride in an autonomous vehicle (AV) for the first time in 2024. Growing up my father was obsessed with cars and he purchased and leased more than 30 vehicles. Unfortunately, this ...
LGBTQ+ people in Nepal are overjoyed by a June 18th ruling by the Nepalese Supreme Court that same-sex couples deserve the same marriage rights as opposite-sex couples. “Today is a day of celebration for LGBTQIA+ people and families across Nepal,” Manisha Dhakal, executive direct...
In a moment of resistance and queer solidarity, a drag show went on despite patrons and performers being kicked out of a bar by about 20 police officers in bulletproof vests. Police raided Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ venue P Town Bar on Friday in the middle of a drag event. Related Fentany...
On Father's Day, a trans dad published a beautiful tribute to the relationship he has built with his daughter, one in which "gender was never complicated," as he explains it. In a series of cartoons for the New York Times (illustrated by Hannah Jacons), Zach Ellams says that he h...
Thousands of queer people took to the streets this weekend for the 34th annual NYC Dyke March. The event, held without sponsors and without permits, is underscored by one guiding principle: Pride is and always has been a protest.This year, true to the march’s roots of advocating ...
To photographer Mel Porter, one of the clearest examples of the Trump administration's antipathy for the LGBTQ+ community isn't what it's done, but what it has stopped doing. “I actually do work for the Veterans Hospital in Buffalo,” Porter said. “And one of the things that's bee...
It was the summer of 1956, and Michael Lloyd Gregory was seated on the front porch of his home in Wichita, Kansas, posing for a photo taken by his father. He was two years old at the time. "My mom 'styled' me that day," he recalls. Related She wasn't looking for love when she swi...
Donald J. Trump does not now or has ever understood the concept of “human strength” and what it is to be a “man.” Instead, Trump performs strength in ways that many progressive advocates construct as “toxic hypermasculinity.” Actually, one does not need to have been assigned “mal...
Pop star, writer, and filmmaker Haley Kiyoko has long been cemented as a sapphic legend, referred to lovingly by her fans as the "Lesbian Jesus." The singer has been making music and music videos celebrating sapphic love since well before doing so became a bit more mainstream. An...
Commentators on MSNBC could not contain their laughter after Donald Trump tried to claim that only the good parts of the economy are because of him. NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker asked during an interview, "When does it become the Trump economy?" Related 'Anim...
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. It's the last week of Pride month, which always makes us feel a bit sad), but we have some good news for y...
Former Secretary of Transportation and likely 2028 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was briefly separated from his children after an anonymous false report alleging he was a danger to his young twins. Buttigieg detailed the ordeal firsthand in a post on Substack, titled “A T...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday recounted being separated from his children following an anonymous police report later determined to be false. The openly gay former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and current 2028 presidential contender was accused of posing a...
Friday marks 11 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Constitution protects same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges. Despite that major win for LGBTQ people nationwide, the case may be on shakier ground than originally thought. Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that determi...
Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered Thursdays. This story contains graphic and highly disturbing details about the torture and violent murder of a Black transgender man. Precious Arzuaga, a 38-year-old woman whom prosecutors say acted as the “ri...
On June 23, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced it is launching a Title IX investigation into three Maryland school districts and the Maryland State Department of Education for failing to enforce sex-based protections guaranteed by federal law. Th...
Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered Thursdays. This story originally appeared on The Advocate. Pete Buttigieg said Friday that an anonymous child protective services allegation brought police and a Child Protective Services worker to his family’...
A state representative in Louisiana is speaking out over new legislation signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry (R) granting employees in the state a right to deadname trans colleagues. The legislation describes the disrespect as “constitutionally protected speech.” Related The Texa...
An unlikely pair of countries, Iran and Egypt, are competing Friday night in what's been billed as the 2026 World Cup "Pride Match" in Seattle. Neither nation's government recognizes LGBTQ+ rights. And FIFA, the World Cup's governing body, is denying there's a "Pride Match" at al...
The Texas State Board of Education is set to vote on a proposal that would establish a mandatory reading list for K-12 public school students. The list, an oddity in its own right, includes extensive selections from the Bible while snubbing all other religions. The Republican-maj...
Are we sure Emira D’Spain isn’t on Top Chef? Because apparently she’s cracking eggs.Bravo’s first-ever full-time transgender cast member Emira D’Spain is opening up about the impact of her groundbreaking representation Next Gen NYC, which just began airing its second season this ...
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett confirmed her belief that marriage equality has resulted in "very concrete reliance interests" that make it unlikely to be overturned. In a conversation with the New York Times’ Ross Douthat, Barrett defined reliance interests as "things th...
Lara Raj and Megan Skiendiel, known to queer fans as the bisexual baddies of international girl group KATSEYE, are setting the record straight this Pride — but not literally. In an interview for Allure’s June cover, the pair spoke about the impact of discussing their queerness pu...
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Minneapolis has set the stage for legal bathhouses and adult sex venues to operate in the city for the first time since the 1980s. On Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council approved a pair of measures repealing a 1988 ordinance that banned such businesses at the height of the AID...
There’s something about horror films that makes them particularly apt as a vehicle for allegory. Vampires, zombies, ghosts, or seemingly death-proof serial killers can all easily be seen as metaphors for some lurking threat from the “dark side” of our own collective psyche, and s...
Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered Thursdays. Following a 9-2 vote, the Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to repeal the city’s longstanding ban on adult bathhouses, a nearly 40-year prohibition that dates back to the earliest days of the ...
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