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Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) allegedly broke the hand of Brian McGinnis, a decorated Marine officer who protested the Iran war during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. Sheehy was assisting Capitol Police officers attempting to eject McGinnis from the hearing. A CB...
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The phone has not been ringing lately for Elliot Page. The trans actor said in an interview earlier this week that he has not been offered any roles since the July release of The Odyssey, a massive box-office summer blockbuster in which Page played the Greek warrior Sinon. “Do yo...
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After a legal battle that lasted nearly 10 years, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled that transgender people have a legal right to change their name and gender markers on official ID documents. The case began when a Bulgarian trans woman moved to Italy and, for ye...
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Donald Trump posted a disturbing message to social media on Saturday that has people wondering if he's going to die soon. The post had no text and was just a video of Frank Sinatra singing "My Way." The song is about a person summing up their life and has lyrics like "And now the...
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As new fathers, Randall Tarpey-Schwed and his husband loved the bedtime ritual of reading stories with their kids, so much so that they ran out of books that contained their favorite themes: acceptance, community, and love in families like theirs. “We read all kinds of children’s...
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There are a lot of queer coming-of-age movies about how hard coming of age can be when you’re queer – and that’s because, for far too many queer young people, coming of age is a very difficult experience. Yet as difficult as it may be, imagine how much more so it is for queer kid...
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This story was originally published in The Buckeye Flame, a newsroom dedicated to amplifying the voices of LGBTQ+ Ohioans to support community and civic empowerment through the creation of engaging content that chronicles their triumphs, struggles and lived experiences. Finding c...
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MS NOW anchor Nicolle Wallace couldn't stop laughing at Donald Trump's Truth Social rants defending his Great American State Fair, an event that has suffered from a series of mishaps and mismanagement issues as well as low turnout. Wallace said that reports of Trump's "itty bitty...
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Passengers aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas to Newark, New Jersey duct taped a grey-haired white man to his first-class seat after he began yelling about Jesus and going to hell and then called a Black flight attendant the n-word and "fa**ot" when ...
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LGBTQ+ fans are devastated that the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars canceled their Pride Night for the upcoming season, but right-wingers are celebrating the move as evidence that "not every sport is woke." The anti-LGBTQ+ Family Research Council (FRC) shared an article in ...
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the administration sending a gay man to a prison camp in El Salvador and not even knowing if he's still alive. Noem said that it wasn't her problem. Noem, who has bragged in the past about shooting...
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LGBTQ+ advocates are sounding the alarm over a new Ecuadorian adoption law explicitly banning LGBTQ+ couples in the South American country from adopting children. The Reform Law of Various Legal Bodies for the Streamlining of Adoption took effect on August 14 after the National A...
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If one listened to Donald Trump’s words and actions in upholding his presidential duties, one would think the people’s top priorities include prosecuting all the malicious vandals whom he has accused of destroying the beautiful work his non-bid contractors did on the Lincoln Memo...
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Tez Anderson decided to get tested for HIV after he moved to San Francisco in 1986 at the age of 25 and began dating his new boyfriend. When the results came back positive two weeks later, the doctor told Anderson he had 18 to 24 months to live. It was two days after his 26th bir...
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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. Just because summer is slowly turning into autumn doesn't mean the sun has stopped shining, no ma'am! Our ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A vigil for two gay men killed in a hate crime outside an Arizona gay bar drew around 1,000 mourners.The Wednesday gathering at Tucson’s Catalina Park honored Vincent Anthony Siqueiros and Cameron Davis Capara, who were fatally shot ...
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Actress Raven-Symoné and her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday, have landed in some hot water after several clips from previous interviews with the couple recirculated online, prompting a wave of backlash and TikTok discourse. And wow, is there a lot to dig through here. While some fan...
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An anti-LGBTQ+ right-wing Republican candidate for Missouri state representative is in custody on a charge that he conspired to plant drugs on his opponent in the Republican primary last month. He won the race by 32 votes. Thomas Ross, 37, was booked into Joplin City jail on Tues...
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This story originally appeared on Out.It wouldn't be Doll Invasion in Fire Island without Kim Petras!For her first time ever in the Pines, the international pop superstar made a special appearance at the Pavilion to mingle with the dolls and sing along to her biggest hits. Throug...
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This story originally appeared on Out.In a world full of a million different kinds of sex toys, the strap-on reigns supreme. It’s simple — some type of harness and a dildo — but serves so many purposes. The most recognizable lesbian sex toy is great for penetrative sapphic sex, p...
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Lesbian comedienne and talk show hostess Rosie O'Donnell posted a video on Thursday of herself and seven survivors of now-deceased billionaire child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein singing Helen Reddy's 1972 feminist power anthem "I Am Woman," to protest the Trump administration's...
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A CNN host was audibly stunned by Donald Trump's latest strange comments about "young, handsome men," so much so that her exasperated one-word comment was picked up by a hot mic and then shared online. CNN was showing live coverage of the first meeting of Trump's Board of Peace (...
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WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert is stepping down, the league announced on Friday.“After more than seven years at the WNBA and more than 40 total years in business, I have made the decision to retire as WNBA Commissioner,” Engelbert wrote in a press release, adding, “Over the ye...
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Written by Shar Jossell A multidisciplinary creator working across mixed media, installation, and fashion design, The Artist L. Haz is a member of GLAAD's 2026 EMEI cohort, bringing a practice rooted in everyday beauty, community, and the transformative power of adornment. The Ar...
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Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA) made history on Tuesday by being sworn in as Georgia's first-ever out gay U.S. House representative. The 34-year-old Congress member won a special runoff election on August 25 to complete the term of late Rep. David Scott, who died on April 22 at the age ...
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A gay Christian podcaster was arrested this week and charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump. Federal agents took 40-year-old Benjamin Azariah Southworth into custody Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood, according to a press release ...
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The camp appeal of Jawbreaker, an iconic entry in the 1990s queer canon, has given it a permanent home among LGBTQ+ cinephiles. But a recent addition to its musical adaptation has made the film’s queer subtext even more visible. Fern Mayo/ Vylette, who was played by Judy Greer in...
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The Pentagon has announced that new clinical guidance will be released establishing mandatory testosterone deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve cisgender male service members ages 30 and older, advancing a policy that expands hormone-related care for cisgender troops....
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Over the past several decades, LGBTQ+-specific overnight camps have sprung up across the country, offering queer youth access to the quintessential summer camp experience in an affirming, inclusive environment designed just for them. About a dozen are currently operating, many se...
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Friday, September 4 Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Community 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 Event...
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President Donald Trump told Republican candidates in battleground states at a Wednesday Rose Garden event that he plans to campaign heavily for them in the last 30 days before the November 3 midterm elections. The only problem: Many Republicans don't want him. While Trump has a $...
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The Swiss government has said it supports a nationwide ban on so-called conversion therapy. The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation on its website notes the government officially announced its position in a report it published on Wednesday. Neuchâtel in 2023 became the first Swiss can...
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The Dallas Stars may have tried to put their Pride Night plans on ice, but fans won’t let it happen. Tori Copeland, a longtime Dallas Stars fan who has long attended the team’s annual Pride Night celebrations, has decided to address the lack of an LGBTQ-themed night on the ice ho...
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On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that "democracy demands." "I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what d...
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An Idaho jury on August 27 found Rev. Sara LaWall, a pastor with a transgender child, guilty of a misdemeanor trespassing charge for refusing to leave the office of Gov. Brad Little (R) after it closed on April 1st. LaWall was one of nine protesters arrested in Little's office on...
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Gloria Steinem, writer, activist, and a leading voice of the feminist movement in the 1970s, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. Her death was announced on Instagram by her official foundation, Gloria’s Foundation, which shared that Steinem "passed away peacefully at her home, surrou...
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It’s hard to imagine any topic getting more mentions than transgender people on Fox News. Why deviate from the script when stories about bathrooms, student athletes, and Elliot Page’s casting in The Odyssey can generate so much reliable outrage? Well, as it turns out, a new subje...
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I'm not pushing for a third party or telling people not to vote Democrat at this critical time. But we gotta talk...This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation.View this article on LGBTQ Nation to learn more or log in t...
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Two men are in custody in Madison, Wisconsin, after witnesses and surveillance footage revealed they assaulted a transgender woman on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, according to a complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court on Tuesday. According to the complaint, the...
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While speaking at the White House on Wednesday, Donald Trump went on a bizarre tangent about Texas Attorney General and Senate Candidate Ken Paxton's (R) looks, as well as his Democratic opponent, James Talarico's, digestive system. "So Ken Paxton, you might not like the way he d...
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A West Virginia food bank's shelves are bare after refusing supplies from organizations that are allegedly “part of the gay rights movement" because they support LGBTQ+ people. “To let you know the reason why we’re in this position is because I done some research, I made the phon...
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The sapphic cinematic rumors are true: Greta Lee and Rebecca Ferguson are confirmed for the romantic comedy Honeymoon / Funeral, which will focus on two women who have a meet-cute during a flight from L.A. to London, where both women are going for very different purposes. If the ...
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A coalition of blue states has come together to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its plan to strip federal funds from gender-affirming care for minors. The lawsuit alleges that the administration is overstepping its authority by trying to dictate what m...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Vivian Jenna Wilson knows what's at stake for the LGBTQ+ community. With the fast-approaching midterms, the famous transgender model is using her platform to showcase her unapologetic queerness at a pivotal moment in history.Wilson has teamed...
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Gloria Steinem, the writer and activist who many considered to be the face of the feminist movement for half a century, died Wednesday at her home in New York City at the age of 92. A post on her official Instagram account early Thursday morning said that Steinem “passed away pea...
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This story originally appeared on Out.RuPaul's Drag Race stars were in the house and on the dance floor as Cordero Zuckerman, best known to fans as season 13 star Denali, wed his longtime love Alexander Montgomery in Chicago last week."This wedding is a huge mile marker in both o...
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It’s hard out here for your local queer watering hole. New York City gay bar owners have revealed that they are facing new financial hardships due to plunging drinking rates among younger customers, per a feature in Gay City News (GCN).“The younger generation doesn’t like to drin...
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The world knows Eric Anderson as Billy Porter's partner. In Rehoboth Beach, Del., he has a life — and a story — entirely his own. My first time with Eric Anderson was hot — very hot. Before he arrived, I sat waiting, overthinking everything. When he finally appeared in a loose-fi...
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For much of the modern transgender rights movement, our political vocabulary has understandably been a vocabulary of emergency. We talk about healthcare bans, bathroom restrictions, discrimination, violence, court decisions, and executive orders. We organize because something is ...
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The Republican National Committee will hold the party's first-ever midterm convention on September 9 and 10 in Dallas, but it seems Donald Trump is the only one excited about it. A host of Republican politicians on the ballot this November are skipping the event, nicknamed Trump-...
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Lesbian political pundit Rachel Maddow pointed out during her Monday night broadcast that President Donald Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario as "Lake America" has turned the initials of the nation's five northern Great Lakes from HOMES to SHAME, something she said is fitting for T...
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Despite having a memorable role in a box-office juggernaut, Elliot Page hasn’t reaped the benefits of The Odyssey’s gargantuan success. During an interview on the Wednesday, September 2 episode of On Film…with Kevin McCarthy, the Oscar-nominated actor said that he hasn’t been off...
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A prominent leader in the fight for transgender rights is speaking out about the "near complete exodus of philanthropy" for trans rights organizations in the midst of the Trump administration's brutal and ongoing campaign against the community. In a piece for Nonprofit Quarterly,...
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I have been going back and forth on whether I think adding justices to the Supreme Court is the right thing to do. But if the court takes the final step of allowing the felon’s executive order on mail in ballots to move forward, I am definitely for enlarging the court. There are ...
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Trailblazing feminist icon Gloria Steinem died at her New York City home on Wednesday, per a statement on her social media. As many of her obituaries will attest, Steinem publicly challenged gender stereotypes in the earliest days of her journalism and activism careers, dating ba...
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With Dancing with the Stars Season 35 set to return September 15th on ABC and Disney+, fans can look forward to two trailblazing LGBTQ stars joining the competition: Olympic gold-medal figure skater Amber Glenn alongside openly bisexual model and reality star Sarah Jane Nader. GL...
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This story was originally published in the Alabama Reflector. Before June 2023, Invisible Histories flew under the radar in Alabama. The nonprofit organization, which archives and researches southern LGBTQ+ history, began collecting items in 2018, just two years after President D...
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Jake Lang — a racist Republican candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots — struggled to set two Pride flags on fire outside of the Delaney ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, yesterd...
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A year before the landmark Stonewall uprising, asexual Japanese pop artist Yayoi Kusama staged quite possibly New York City's first-ever public same-sex marriage ceremony. Kusama, who passed away on August 14, officiated the November 25, 1968 event, styling herself as the "High P...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Melissa Etheridge and Wynonna Judd don't have time for any prejudice.The iconic singers have not only made strides for the LGBTQ+ community over the years, but they're creating a safe space for every type of fan on their Raised on Radio Tour....
