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Politico columnist Jonathan Martin pressed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Kamala Harris, trying to get him to attack her, but Buttigieg refused the bait and shut Martin down. In a wide-ranging interview earlier this week, Martin asked Buttigieg about comments H...
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Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing criticism for his comments in favor of Albertan separatism, supporting the idea that the Canadian province of Alberta should declare its independence from Canada and, in Bessent's opinion, join the United States. His comments come as...
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After a snarky response on Bluesky was picked up by right-wing media as a sign that Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings was anti-trans and anti-woke, Jennings set the record straight, asserting that he stands with trans people and always has. “For the record: NOPE,” Jennings posted on Bl...
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The board of directors of Mary’s House for Older Adults, the D.C.-based home dedicated to providing affordable housing for LGBTQ seniors, has announced it has named longtime nonprofit organization leader A. Charlene Leach as its new executive director. Leach, who is now serving i...
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The Miss USA Organization has stepped in to snatch the crown of Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse. The organization’s president and CEO Thom Brodeur announced on Wednesday on social media that Boltinhouse’s reign had “come to an end” and that the decision to relinquish...
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Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) made history in 2018 as the first out gay person to represent New Hampshire in Congress. Now, he's trying to make history again with his campaign to become the first out gay man to serve in the Senate. So naturally, Chris Pappas' LGBTQ+ record is receivin...
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I understand why some will say I shouldn’t be so negative about a candidate. But the reality is, Suzanne Goode is one person who deserves the negativity. She has shown herself to walk with MAGA Republicans, and that is not the vibe conducive to the welcoming place Rehoboth is tod...
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Everyone has now had more than a month to recover from Pride 2026. Even for those who have not yet put away all their seasonal rainbow paraphernalia or are still finding glitter in unexpected places, June is now a memory; hence, community members and allies have work to do. The L...
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This story originally appeared on Out.If your anal fissures and hemorrhoids make your butt cheeks clench every time you so much as think about having sex, you may be missing out on an unusual cure. When over-the-counter creams, prescription compounds, and anal Botox (also called ...
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A mob of people beat a transgender couple on May 31 after one of the partners used a public restroom in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. After the attack, police arrested one of the trans women, took her to a men's jail, and charged the couple with offenses that could result in months ...
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Transgender New Hampshire state Rep. Alice Wade (D) today accused Democratic Socialist U.S. House candidate Heath Howard of pressuring her to drop out of her race because he believed her trans identity would spoil her chances. He initially denied all wrongdoing, but later admitte...
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Anti-LGBTQ+ activist Scott LoBaido suffered a heart attack while waiting to confront pro-LGBTQ+ New York City Mayor at a New York Police Department National Night Out event in the Staten Island neighborhood of Midland Beach last night. First responders performed CPR and used a de...
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One Million Moms is coming for a true TV mother. The well-known conservative activist group, which does not have one million members, has recently started campaigning against an ad for PrEP shown on TV Land, a network dedicated to airing classic television. The ad in question sta...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Joanna Whaley just moved one step closer to becoming Michigan’s first out transgender lawmaker.Whaley on Tuesday won the Democratic Primary in Michigan state House District 2, taking 56 percent of the vote to Frank Liberati’s 34 perc...
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Former Transportation Secretary and likely 2028 contender Pete Buttigieg is getting praised online for his explanation of why Democrats should push for fundamental changes to how democracy works, even if such measures would take a long time to pass. Buttigieg has been speaking al...
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by GLAAD (@glaad) The wait is finally over Greyhounds, Ted Lasso is officially back on our screens, with the highly anticipated fourth season out now! To celebrate the beloved show’s return, cast members Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, an...
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Primary elections in five states on Tuesday yielded big wins for LGBTQ+ candidates, as progressives continue to dominate the Democrats' midterm races in 2026. The marquee election on Tuesday was the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, pitting progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed ...
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Far-right commentator Ann Coulter is getting brutally mocked online for a particularly ignorant statement she made about Donald Trump, who she voted for in 2024. "That beautiful ending to Trump’s SOTU [State of the Union] address reminds me why we can’t have a second-, third-, or...
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Two LGBTQ+ couples recently sued the MGM Resorts International after they were assaulted in June 2025 outside the MGM Grand Detroit while waiting for the valet to bring their car. Their assailants shouted homophobic slurs before knocking one of them unconscious and causing a trau...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.This story discusses self-harm.Perez Hilton was hospitalized Tuesday night after viewers reported an apparent self-harm crisis unfolding during a TikTok livestream from his Miami-area home.TikTok’s automated systems flagged the broad...
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Lindsey Graham, who passed away on July 11 at 71 years old, served in the Senate for 23 years and garnered a reputation for his hawkish views and hardline anti-LGBTQ beliefs. Years before his death, rumors swirled as allegations surfaced about the Republican senator engaging with...
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Administration at a middle school in Virginia allegedly banned all clubs from meeting just so that they could stop an LGBTQ+ club from meeting. Now the students are suing, saying the ban violated their First Amendment rights. On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virg...
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Republican Doug Ollivant will face off against incumbent U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Ollivant defeated his Republican opponents in Tuesday’s primary. Vindman ran unopposed. Vindman in 2024 ran to succeed then-Congresswoman Abigail Sp...
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Several prominent D.C. LGBTQ community advocates said they are optimistic that Democratic mayoral nominee Janeese Lewis George, who is expected to easily win election as mayor in the city’s Nov. 3 general election, will continue her strong record of support on LGBTQ issues from h...
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A few years ago, John Gilbert McCurdy, a gay professor of History and Philosophy at the University of Eastern Michigan, was researching 18th-century British General Thomas Gage, the man tasked with pacifying Britain's North American colonies as unrest spread ahead of the American...
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Michigan held its primary on Tuesday, allowing the two major political parties to select their nominees to go head-to-head for the state's U.S. Senate seat. NBC News called the Democratic race early, giving the victory to physician Abdul El-Sayed over incumbent U.S. Rep. Haley St...
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For some reason, even my most offline friends seem to have heard the viral clip of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones shouting about the chemicals in our water supply that are making the frogs gay. The claim, most memorably made in a 2015 broadcast on his show InfoWars, is of course ...
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Donald Trump was asked for comment this week on the disturbing domestic violence allegations against Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) revealed in a May 24th affidavit written by Miller's ex-wife, Emily Moreno. While the president was heading toward his plane, a reporter asked him for his t...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Skip is coming back!News about the eagerly-awaited second season of Heated Rivalry has been trickling in over the course of the last several months, and now we have confirmation that two fan-favorite characters are definitely returning.In a n...
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A federal appeals court ruled 8-5 in favor of Florida's anti-drag law on Tuesday, with the majority deciding the law does not violate the First Amendment. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a preliminary injunction imposed by a lower court, reasoning that "there is no ...
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During a rant against trans women athletes, Donald Trump joked that if he were a women's basketball coach, he'd ask NBA legend LeBron James to transition so his team could be the greatest of all time. “I’d be the greatest women’s basketball coach in history," Trump said during a ...
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Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is facing public scrutiny following abuse allegations from multiple women, including his ex-wife Emily Moreno, and he just appeared on Jake Tapper's CNN show in a trainwreck interview in an attempt to salvage his reputation. And one of the strategies he use...
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Several drag artists who were scheduled to appear at an event celebrating RuPaul’s Drag Race star Kennedy Davenport’s birthday, as well as her 30-year anniversary of doing drag, have dropped out of the performance following fan backlash due to the planned inclusion of Shangela, a...
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy faced stiff criticism in June when he announced that he had taken a seven-month road trip paid for by millions of dollars in corporate largesse, ostensibly to produce a reality TV series celebrating America's 250th anniversary. But several mont...
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I was recently having a conversation with a close friend about Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s recent anti-trans comments, where she claimed she wants “to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.” By no...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — who spent years calling for the January 6 insurrectionists to not face any consequences for their violent attempt to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election that resulted in the deaths of five people and left nearly 200 ...
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Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers and Photo Editor Michael Key are on assignment in Amsterdam through Aug. 10. AMSTERDAM — Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten on Wednesday opened the World Pride Human Rights Conference in Amsterdam. Jetten — who in February b...
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A new study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment found that healthcare providers may not be providing clear and consistent information about breast cancer risk assessment to people seeking gender-affirming top surgery.Although the study is based on interv...
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Opponents of gender-affirming care for trans youth often claim that puberty blockers negatively impact young people's bone density; something that sounds alarming considering that adolescence is the primary time of life when humans acquire their lifelong bone mass. However, a stu...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A Virginia school board responded to students’ efforts to create an LGBTQ+ support club by repeatedly changing the rules, renaming the problem and, ultimately, making the club impossible to form, according to a federal lawsuit filed ...
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California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra's LGBTQ+ record is extensive. Not only has he served as a California State Assembly member, a U.S. House representative, California's attorney general, and the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he has loudly stood up ...
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The Family Research Council (FRC), the oldest anti-LGBTQ+ hate group in the U.S., published an article yesterday criticizing U.S. Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) for citing Jesus quotes in the Bible about healing the sick to justify his support for govern...
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A new study of Canadian adolescents who were referred to pediatric gender clinics is now part of a growing body of evidence showing that rates of "detransition" are remarkably low. An overwhelming majority (97.1%) of adolescents who were referred to university-associated clinics ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Texas state Rep. James Talarico rejected the argument Monday that Democrats must abandon transgender people to win competitive elections, offering one of his clearest responses yet to the Republican campaign against his support for t...
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MS NOW host Rachel Maddow sounded the alarm on potential cybersecurity risks to the U.S. after the Trump administration cut back on cybersecurity defense, and seven states' water supplies were subject to cyberattacks last week. Federal authorities last week said that at least sev...
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The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court on Monday against the Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM), challenging its decision to prohibit insurance companies from covering gender-affirming care for federal em...
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Transgender actor Maikol Roque’s first film credit is also a major milestone for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Roque is currently making his big-screen debut in the box-office sensation Spider-Man: Brand New Day as EJ, the son of detective Jean DeWolff (Liza Colón-Zayas). The fil...
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Transgender service members who have refused to voluntarily leave the military in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order instructing the Department of Defense to ban all trans troops are facing a secretive hearing process that one lawyer describes as “a public humil...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A new, highly controversial initiative will be presented to voters in Washington state this fall that would specifically bar transgender athletes from participating on girls’ sports teams, according to a report from New York magazine...
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Fox News host Laura Ingraham had folks face-palming across social media after an extraordinarily tone-deaf rant about the dangers of socialism. "The end goal, it's clear," Ingraham said, warning Democrats about the rise of Democratic Socialists in the party, "forced scarcity for ...
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The WNBA has become the center of the trans sports debate thanks to Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, who sparked a national frenzy when she said in a July ESPN interview that banning trans women from women's sports is "common sense." Cunningham then doubled down on her belie...
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Over the past few decades and 12 studio albums later, indie artist Logan Lynn has built and advocated for a fan base by pairing infectious melodies with unapologetic honesty. Lynn’s path has been anything but linear; marked by triumphs, public struggles with addiction, and the co...
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Cinema has the power to instill powerful human emotions: We are afraid to go into the water after seeing Jaws, we cry when Rose tells Jack she’ll “never let go,” and, of course, we get horny when we find out that Alexander Skarsgård is going to be playing a hunk made out of woven...
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WNBA player Brittney Griner has reportedly filed for divorce from her wife, Cherelle. According to documents obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Griner wrote that the couple separated on July 24 and called the marriage "irretrievably broken." They have been married for ...
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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told a podcaster he is considering throwing his hat in the ring for president once again. “I don’t know,” Buttigieg told Steven Bartlett, the British host of The Diary of a CEO, the most popular top business and tech podcast on Spoti...
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Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), who's running for the US Senate, told MS NOW host Rachel Maddow that he's not going to back down on supporting trans rights because "I don't think we win by selling people out." Maddow told Talarico that there are people who believe that he ca...
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Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) apologized at a debate last night for comments he made in 2024 about how the Democratic Party should reconsider its support for trans rights. Moulton, who is currently running in the Democratic primary for one of Massachusetts' US Senate seats against inc...
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Elliot Leonard, the visionary co-founder and founding trustee of the Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation, died on June 6 in Easton, Conn., at his home with his husband, Roger Litz, by his side. He left a legacy of generosity and support for LGBTQ+ organizations across the Northeast an...
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A new study from European researchers has shown that most bone density losses are recovered or partially recovered after transgender minors have completed the use of puberty blockers, contradicting a common talking point among conservatives looking to denigrate the recommended me...
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After defending the actions of a security guard who threw a lesbian couple out of a women's restroom and accused one of them of being a man, a five-star hotel in Boston has suspended the guard and admitted he acted in error. In addition to sidelining the staff member, the Liberty...
