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Shigella and TMVII: What You Need to Know to Prevent Emerging STIs This Summer
Cases of these emerging infections are rising. Here's what queer men should know about symptoms, testing, treatment, and protecting themselves this summer....
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Republican behind nation's first ban on Pride flags in schools loses primary
Utah's virulently anti-LGBTQ+ state Rep. Trevor Lee (R) conceded last night to his primary opponent Bob Stevenson. As of last night, Stevenson was leading with a little over 66% of the vote, ABC4 Utah ABC4 Utah reported. Lee posted a lengthy statement on social media saying "the ...
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Pete Buttigieg shares his "radical" ideas to make America better: "We should take those big swings"
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition's annual gathering in Chicago earlier this month — the first since founder Jesse Jackson died earlier this year — and shared some "radical" ideas for reforming democracy. "That's radical stuff you'...
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Tan France Says ‘Queer Eye’ Castmate Called Him a “Traitor” for Not Being Out Before Show’s Premiere
“You have no idea what my experience is as a queer Muslim, a queer brown person, a queer immigrant,” France said.
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Queer candidates, allies win Md. primary races
Several LGBTQ candidates secured spots on Maryland's November ballot following Tuesday's primary elections, though a handful of history-making campaigns fell short. Congresswoman April McClain Delaney, who is running for re-election in the 6th Congressional District, won in the D...
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MAGA pastor said LGBTQ+ books & flags harm kids. Now he's going to prison for abusing a child.
Anti-LGBTQ+ MAGA pastor Silas H. Shelton of Wilmington, Ohio — a man who said that LGBTQ+-themed books and Pride flags harm kids — was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday for unlawful sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl. The judge said he gave Shelton the maximum sentenc...
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Tubi’s Wild Pride Merch Is So Good It Keeps Selling Out
The free streamer clearly knows its core audience: gay people who watch too many movies.
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A dazzling show of Pride in a ruby-red state keeps hope alive for this loyal resident
Retired electrician Richard Hunt, a St. Louis native, had always said he "would not live my life out in St. Louis." And yet, he declared, "68 years later, I am still here!" Hunt is one of the biggest boosters of the blue oasis in ruby-red Missouri. Related This gay dad felt incre...
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LGBTQ political candidates see surge in threats, harassment: report
A new study reveals that LGBTQ candidates running for public office are seeing an unprecedented amount of harassment and threats as President Trump and his far-right MAGA supporters continue to strip protections for minority groups at all levels of government. The LGBTQ+ Victory ...
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Remember when Trump began pushing several new “big lies” that will devastate the country?
If one were to fact check all of Donald Trump’s misstatements, exaggerations, lies, and redefinitions of established traditions before, during, and between his two terms as President of the United States, one would not have enough time to sleep more than two or three hours in a 2...
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African leaders once again trade African family values for American family values
At the moment, some religious and political leaders in Africa are pushing for a charter on family values, lobbying lawmakers, African state institutions, and the African Union to formally adopt it. In the past number of years, they have been holding conferences across Africa with...
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These hospice nuns have no trans patients. Trump's still helping them fight a trans-inclusive law.
President Donald Trump's Justice Department has joined a lawsuit filed by an extremist religious freedom organization on behalf of nuns at a Catholic hospice in New York, challenging a state law requiring nursing facilities to affirm their patients' gender identities. The suit wa...
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Court Strips Away California Protections for Transgender Students' Privacy
The ruling limits enforcement of California’s SAFETY Act, which was designed to protect LGBTQ+ students from being outed without their consent.
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Court blocks law protecting LGBTQ+ kids from being outed by teachers
An appellate court ruled on Thursday that California cannot enforce its law banning schools from forcibly outing students to their families while a lawsuit against the legislation continues. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had already ruled in favor of a temporary block on the b...
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Christian judges in Texas are demanding the right not to marry same-sex couples. They're winning.
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct in Texas was overruled last week after it disciplined a justice of the peace in Waco for refusing to marry same-sex couples on religious grounds. A Texas county judge ruled the commission cannot investigate, sanction, or discipline McLenna...
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GOP Gov. blasts party for "trying the same thing" after she vetoes anti-trans bill for 3rd time
New Hampshire's Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill last Friday that would have banned transgender people from restrooms, locker rooms, jails, and sports teams that match their gender identities. It's the third such bill she has vetoed in the last year, and Republican legi...
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Remember when Pam Bondi said matching protest signs prove antifa is real? It didn’t go well for her.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is taking heat for her recent claim that antifa is a well-funded organization because many anti-MAGA protestors have matching signs. The administration has been on a rampage to arrest members of antifa and label it a terrorist organization, despite the ...
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Television loses a legend, longtime 'Will & Grace' director James Burrows
You don't have to be a pretentious film major to name 10 movie directors. But naming television directors is not that simple. They're the unsung heroes of your favorite shows, and the late James Burrows was the television director. He passed on June 19, but his DNA runs through t...
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LGBTQ+ activists demand NYC Pride ban hospitals that ended trans youth care
The Gender Liberation Movement (GLM) is calling on New York City Pride to ban hospitals that have suspended gender-affirming care programs for trans youth. GLM's letter against the hospitals includes signatories from LGBTQ+ non-profits, the families of trans youth, and former NYC...
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Radio host slams cities that won't fly Pride flags: "It's not an ideology. These are people."
A Washington radio host on Monday slammed local governments that have voted against flying Pride flags on public flagpoles to honor Pride Month. “Tell me how a relationship that involves two people that are gay, a gay marriage, or a gay relationship, tell me how it impacts you, a...
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The New York Times Helped Turn Trans Rights Into Political Controversy, Analysis Finds
A new data investigation says the paper of record increasingly framed transgender rights as a debate instead of a lived reality.
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Dems slam FCC for considering content warnings on shows with trans characters: “We reject the idea"
As the Federal Communications Commission considers whether to introduce warning labels for LGBTQ+ TV content, Democratic Members of Congress are speaking out against those efforts. On Monday, Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC) Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA) and CEC member Rep. Jan ...
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Colorado School District Says Trump Admin Accused Mascots of Being Boys on Girls’ Teams
Jeffco Public Schools says the Education Department “never asked us to clarify the role of any individual listed on those rosters.”
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Donald Trump's "deals" have never been "art." But they're getting more dangerous by the day.
Most people who had heard of Donald Trump before he entered the political arena were familiar with his supposed “art” of deal-making. They were not necessarily aware of his book, The Art of the Deal, but they had at least an inkling of his penchant for stiffing contractors who wo...
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Knoxville, Tennessee Will Lose One of Its Last Two Gay Bars
Club XYZ says a rent increase will force closure after 22 years in operation.
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Del. AG Jennings seeks third term touting LGBTQ support, decline in crime
(Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part report on the race for Delaware attorney general. For last week’s interview with Democratic candidate Dwayne Bensing, visit washingtonblade.com.) Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings spoke to the Washington Blade to discuss why...
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Nepalese Supreme Court issues landmark marriage equality ruling
The Nepalese Supreme Court on June 18 ruled the country must extend full marriage rights to same-sex couples. The Supreme Court in 2023 ordered the country’s government to allow same-sex couples to temporarily register their marriages, but this recognition did not guarantee full ...
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Trump's Secret Service harasses pro-LGBTQ+ heavy metal band after it "executes" him onstage
Pro-LGBTQ+ heavy metal band GWAR has staged fake on-stage executions of each of the last four U.S. presidents. But it never received visits from the Secret Service about it until Donald Trump became president, Consequence of Sound reported. “We [fictitiously] killed President Oba...
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"A good sign": Rachel Maddow filled with joy as she reports Trump's numerous recent losses
Lesbian political pundit Rachel Maddow celebrated Donald Trump's numerous recent legal defeats on her show Monday night. The MS NOW host noted that on Monday, a Republican-appointed federal judge threw out six grand-jury subpoenas that Trump's Justice Department had issued agains...
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"Pathetic": Trump's gay niece brutally mocks him for blaming "vandals" for Reflecting Pool woes
Donald Trump's lesbian niece, Mary Trump, eviscerated her uncle in a Monday blog post for blaming so-called "vandals" on the mess that he has made of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation. The president was convinced he could solve the algae issue in the Washington, DC ...
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‘Supergirl’ Star Milly Alcock Says Kara Zor-El Would “Probably Go Both Ways”
The actress offered her thoughts on the character’s sexuality at a fan event.
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Connor Storrie Adds His Name to the YouTube Horror Filmmaker Conversation
The Heated Rivalry star has been dropping shorts under the name “Sin Monger.”
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New report says LGBTQ young adults in D.C. facing affordability crisis
A newly released report on the findings of a survey of 304 LGBTQ young people aged 18-30 who live in D.C. shows as many as 79 percent of those surveyed report they are struggling to pay rent or a mortgage. The report, entitled Out and Counted: 2026 LGBTQ+ Young People Community S...
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A school refused to let a gay teen graduate for coming out. Now the school is paying the price.
The Tennessee Christian Preparatory School in Cleveland will have to pay gay teenager Morgan Armstrong $10,000 in a settlement approved on Monday, after the school blocked her from graduating and withheld her diploma after she came out on Facebook. On April 23, 2025, Armstrong po...
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Remember when a gay artist mocked right-wingers for using his photo to celebrate rugged masculinity?
A gay makeup artist has the internet in hysterics after pointing out that a far-right troll used an image of him for a meme trying to celebrate conventional masculinity. "Some of you will remember the idiotic far right stole an image of me to make a meme for them," Anthony Gordon...
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John Waters Hopes AI “Can Do Some Good Things” But Finds the Porn Disappointing
The queer filmmaker also shares his advice for Obsession director Curry Barker.
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PHOTOS: Capital Pride Festival and Concert
The 2026 Capital Pride Festival was held on Pennsylvania Ave. on Sunday, June 21. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key and Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Capital Pride Festival and Concert appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
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Forced by Trump to Retire, a Trans Airman Is "Passing the Torch" to a Firefighter Waiting to Serve
Ending a career he did not want to leave, Master Sgt. Logan Ireland is still fighting to pass on the "opportunity to succeed" in military service to his mentee Clayton McCallister....
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LGBTQ+ Americans are fleeing the US in record numbers because of Trump
A record number of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. are fleeing the president's anti-transgender policies by seeking asylum in other countries, according to a report released last Saturday by the LGBTQ+ asylum relocation assistance group Rainbow Railroad. Simultaneously, fewer LGBTQ+ re...
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Grand Marshals Demand NYC Pride Shut Out Hospitals That Abandoned Trans Kids
They are calling on Heritage of Pride to stand with trans youth and block hospitals, including NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai, from participating.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene & Tucker Carlson say they're leaving the Republican Party
Former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson announced last Thursday that he is leaving the Republican Party. Then, today, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said the same. “I voted Republican my entire life, I have been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican p...
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced he will step down once his party chooses his successor. Starmer succeeded Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party in No. 10 Downing St. in 2024. The Labour Party included a ban on so-called conversion therapy in England and Wa...
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Pride Dispatch: Reports From Three Must-Visit LGBTQ+ Travel Destinations
There has never been a better time to showcase fervent Pride.
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Trans Creators Say YG’s New Song “Tiffany” Perpetuates the “Trans Panic” Myth
The song tells a popular — and misleading — narrative about trans women who date straight cisgender men.
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Nancy Mace mocked for bizarre tirade against "transgender mice"
Self-described "proud transphobe" and failed gubernatorial candidate Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) claimed on X on June 18 that American taxpayers are spending money on experiments to turn mice transgender. The network's community notes and journalism disproved her claim. "Animals shoul...
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The Best Queer Beach Read for You, Based on Your Sign
From lesbian space travel to sports romance, find the right vibe for your summer outing.
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Dem governor signs parentage bill in big win for LGBTQ+ families: "Delaware has set an example"
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer (D) has signed a bill updating parentage laws around in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy to enhance protections for the family-building methods, which are key to many LGBTQ+ families. SB 250 comes at a time when both IVF access and LGBTQ+ right...
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Did Donald Trump have sex with Bill Clinton? A bizarre Epstein email had everyone wondering
"Who is Bubba, and why did Trump blow him?" That's the question from one X user among thousands posed on social media Friday, after an email exchange between sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his brother surfaced, which references Donald Trump and an unknown individual named "Bu...
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The original Pride flag is leaving San Francisco to visit Europe for the first time
A piece of LGBTQ+ history is making its first trip outside the U.S. this summer, when a fragment of the original eight-striped rainbow Pride flag goes on display in Cork, Ireland. Earlier this year, San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society museum and officials from the city of Cor...
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Trump sends Internet into a frenzy with bizarre post calling random woman "great daughter"
The internet has been abuzz since Donald Trump posted a photo of a seemingly random woman to Truth Social on Saturday and wrote, "Great daughter. My Honor!!! President DJT." The woman in the picture was clearly not either of the president's daughters, and many interpreted the mom...
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"That's it? That's the joke?": Dem schools GOP group that tried to insult her with anti-trans barb
A Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives schooled a group of young Republicans who tried to insult her by implying she looked like transgender actress and influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Jennifer Jenkins, who is running in Florida against the incumbent Rep. Mike Haridop...
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Sam Levinson, Son of Filmmaker, Criticizes OnlyFans Creators for Chasing “Fast Cash”
The Euphoria creator responded to criticism over the show’s depiction of online sex work.
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Capital Pride draws tens of thousands to D.C.
Tens of thousands of people gathered across D.C. over the weekend as Capital Pride celebrated its annual Pride festivities with a parade, festival, concerts, parties, and community events centered on the theme “EXIST. RESIST. Have the Audacity!” Although the events took place a w...
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The history of LGBTQ+ flags is much messier than you realize
When queer professor Andy Campbell started writing his 2019 book about LGBTQ+ symbols and design, he thought writing about the rainbow flag was boring and stupid. "I had a bad attitude," he tells LGBTQ Nation. "I really felt like so disidentified from it… I could not see what is ...
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Abelardo de la Espriella elected Colombia’s next president
Abelardo de la Espriella on Sunday narrowly defeated Iván Cepeda in the second round of Colombia’s presidential election. De la Espriella, a far-right lawyer who has praised U.S. President Donald Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, beat Sen. Iván Cepeda, a member of outg...
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Trump's gay niece says his "downward spiral" is becoming "impossible to hide"
Donald Trump's gay niece said on Sunday that her uncle's mental health is in a "downward spiral." Journalist Steven Beschloss asked Mary Trump about the president's ragged appearance at the recent G7 summit. "He appeared bloated and wandering in a daze. He seemed genuinely out of...
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Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI Movie Searching for New Home After Amazon Drops Project
Amazon MGM said that the film would be “better served” by a “different studio.”
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JD Vance is watching his presidential ambitions go up in smoke
When JD Vance signed on to be Donald Trump's running mate in 2024, he had to know what he was in for. After all, Trump stood by while an angry mob threatened to hang his last vice president, Mike Pence, (and reportedly expressed his support for the idea). But Vance must never hav...
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Zendaya “Fell Hard” for Tom Holland During Viral “Umbrella” Drag Performance
This is the future liberals want.
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This gay dad felt incredible love & acceptance on his 65th birthday with his entire family
Scott Ammarell's kids came up with the idea for a "white party" celebrating their dad's birthday on a chartered cruise in Turkey last year. It was the magic-hour culmination of "how loved I felt during the entire week," he says. The cruise marking the gay dad's 65th trip around t...
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