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Transgender actress Laverne Cox and other queer media stars of color are shining a light a troubling trend: a decrease in screen time and representation for Black LGBTQ+ figures in TV and movies. “And it’s never been about positive or negative representations,” Laverne Cox said a...
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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. This week's Good News Roundup has it all: queer entertainers standing up for trans people, court victories...
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The quest for a deeper voice is something that rings true for many transmasculine people. On subreddits like r/ftm and r/TransMasc, dedicated to helping trans men crowdsource information on ways to obtain their transition goals, how to make your voice deeper is nearly as frequent...
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Actor Rob Lowe admitted yesterday in a conversation with Oprah Winfrey on his podcast Literally! With Rob Lowe that he was repeatedly called a "fa**ot" during his childhood because he was "pretty," USA Today reported. "I wish that when I was younger I was cute. What I actually wa...
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Pop singer and LGBTQ+ ally Ariana Grande successfully got her song “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” removed from a transphobic August 20 video posted by President Donald Trump's TikTok account. It's the second time the Trump administration has used Grande's music withou...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Log Cabin Republicans officially abandoned the transgender community, pulling the ladder of progress and support that benefited its members up behind themselves.Ross Hemminger, president of the nation’s most prominent gay Republi...
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Each generation has had to grapple with its own existential challenges. For many of our readers, those include climate change, AI, and the rising tide of fascism. Add to that list the so-called “top shortage,” which according to certain hyperonline queer people is one of the defi...
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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) on Thursday signed a robust defense of transgender rights and women's bodily autonomy, shielding individuals from out-of-state investigations over medical care associated with gender identity and abortion. “If Greg Abbott or Ron DeSantis tries t...
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GLAAD is heading to Toronto, Canada for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), now in its 51st year. The inaugural TIFF: The Market will run from September 10-16, 2026 serving as a major B2B content hub alongside the fest (September 10-20, 2026). Full film and ev...
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Log Cabin Republicans, an organization that formerly represented LGBTQ conservatives, has removed advocating for transgender and queer rights from its “renewed” national advocacy focus. In an opinion piece written by Log Cabin Republicans President Ross Hemminger for the conserva...
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Donald Trump invited Liberty University student Sage Blair to the State of the Union address yesterday. But who is she? Among the anti-trans proposals Trump advocated for in his State of the Union address Tuesday night was a nationwide ban on schools acknowledging and supporting ...
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Two intimate letters sent by White House aide Natalie Harp to President Donald Trump were published by The Daily Beast today, and they shine some light on the bizarre nature of their relationship. At a rally last week, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) drew attention to how much time Trump ...
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Rajab Ali, a 46-year-old transgender man, spent his life savings of 6 million Pakistani rupees (about $21,000) to build a mosque in the Okara district of Pakistan's Punjab province. He hoped to pray there in peace, but he has repeatedly faced discrimination, both during and after...
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Out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg won in head-to-head matchups against Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, two likely Republican 2028 presidential candidates, in a recent poll. Emerson College Polling asked likely voters who they'd vote fo...
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Following a record-shattering debut, Peacock has officially renewed its breakout drama series, 'The Five-Star Weekend', for a second season. Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s 2023 bestselling novel, the series has rapidly climbed to become Peacock’s #1 scripted series of all time in ov...
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It’s interesting how the mainstream media, especially the conservative part of it, likes to write about transgender subculture when they should speak up about trans people. How often do you see mentions of blue or purple hair, Marxism, specific clothing styles and ecology when yo...
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While there is still a group of people who believe adolescents experiencing same-sex attractions can actually overcome their identities to become heterosexual, the overall mindset among the religious right has shifted. Nowadays, the thinking tends to be that just because a person...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Actor Ruby Rose, who said she considered Hayden Panettiere "my protector" and "my sister," posted alleged screenshots of text messages on social media that reveal emotional trouble the late actor was experiencing before her death this week. O...
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The singular “they” has claimed another victim: comedian Matt Mathews. The comedian, who is currently on his Not What I Ordered World Tour, took umbrage with Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss who briefly used the pronoun “them” in a generic sense to refer to his partn...
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In response to Trump administration threats to its federal funding, Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) has updated its policies governing how its staff handle records related to trans and non-binary gender identities. The only major change is an assertion that the policie...
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Generally speaking, the “Stoner Comedy” genre is aimed at an audience of “stoners,” and if you’re not one, you probably don’t get the appeal. If you are, though, you’re likely to enjoy “The Wrong Girls,” the new indie from screenwriter Dylan Meyer in her directorial debut, which ...
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Ariana Grande continues to be a “Problem” for the Trump administration. The “Into You” singer left a disapproving comment on a TikTok posted by the Team Trump account on TikTok on Wednesday. The account is the official social media account for President Donald Trump’s campaign, a...
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Democrat Maureen “Mo” Madden is running for the Delaware House of Representatives in the 38th District, seeking to win a seat that has been held by Republicans for more than two decades. The race opened up after Republican state Rep. Ron Gray announced in April that he would not ...
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Impulse Group DC was to host a “PrEP Pool Party” on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. at Vida Fitness: Navy Yard. However, organizers have announced that the event has been cancelled. Visit @impulsegroupdc on Instagram for information on future events for Impulse Group DC. The post UPD...
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Friday, August 21 Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Community Happy Hour” at 7 p.m. at Uproar Rooftop. 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 Eventbrite. Trans and Gend...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Three former CIA officers are warning that President Donald Trump’s campaign against diversity initiatives and transgender federal employees threatens to recreate one of the darkest periods in the history of the nation’s intelligence...
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During a Monday shootout with state troopers, 29-year-old farmer and Trump supporter Steven Righini held his four-week-old daughter hostage, barricaded in his Portage Lake, Maine home while publishing social media posts about "pedos" and "transgenders harassing" him. Righini, who...
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Uncloseted Media published this article on Aug. 21. By SPENCER MACNAUGHTON and HOPE PISONI | Since President Donald Trump regained office in January 2025, he and his administration have waged an all-out war against the LGBTQ community. This has led queer Americans to move to othe...
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Control of Florida's Sarasota County Schools Board will flip to a Democratic majority following recent election wins and the fact that Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler — who was implicated in a 2023 rape scandal alleged by the woman she and her husband had threesomes w...
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Transphobic billionaire Harry Potter author JK Rowling issued an exceedingly rare statement of support for transgender adults and gender-affirming care yesterday. Regardless, her comment doesn't make up for her continued anti-trans activism. In a response to a now-deleted comment...
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The board of directors of the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR), a group whose website currently bills itself as an organization of conservative LGBT people "building a more inclusive GOP," announced today that it's dropping transgender people from its mission. While trans people can s...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Madison Bailey is speaking up!After reaching mainstream success thanks to the popularity of the hit Netflix series Outer Banks, the pansexual actress is ready to embrace her next chapter.Bailey wants to focus on queer roles as she books her n...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Republican Party is full of politicians who actively fight to strip LGBTQ+ people of their rights and humanity. But it is often those same politicians who get caught up in gay sex scandals or have their sexualities whispered abou...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Florida voters advanced several out candidates on Tuesday and, perhaps just as importantly, handed losses to candidates aligned with the once-dominant Moms for Liberty.Equality Florida cheered after 81 percent of the candidates it en...
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LGBTQ+ people now make up 12% of adults across the United States, a percentage accounting for roughly 26.5 million people (higher than the entire population of Florida), according to an analysis of U.S. Census data conducted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the HRC'...
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We don’t know if it’s the stars or the infamous “mold” on the walls of her multi-million dollar castle, but J.K. Rowling is posting about transgender adults and is… glad they’re happy? This doesn’t change anything about how much damage she’s done, and how much she has personally ...
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New York City lawmakers are pushing to repeal a decades-old prohibition on adult bathhouses, arguing the regulation was created during the height of the AIDS crisis and no longer reflects modern science or public health practices. Erik Bottcher, the openly gay New York state sena...
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Camila Toro de Paula, a 25-year-old transgender woman from Venezuela, arrived in the United States two years ago seeking asylum after a history of abuse at the hands of authorities and family in her home country. Last August, at a routine immigration interview in New York City, T...
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A three-judge panel for the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals ruled that gender-affirming care for minors constitutes an essential medical treatment for trans youth and that the ban on gender-affirming care is in violation of a state constitutional amendment. Originally passed...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.New Jersey has drawn a legal line around its doctors, patients and families.Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Thursday signed an extensive shield law protecting people who provide, receive or help others obtain reproductive and gende...
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A Norfolk, Virginia, officer who accused a transgender recruit of inappropriate behavior is suing both the city and Police Chief Mark Talbot for allegedly refusing to do anything in response. Meghan Grabow claims that in 2024, a "biological male" recruit "who self-identified as a...
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CNN confronted a conservative pundit with a supercut of Donald Trump insulting women, and he wasn't able to answer why he still thought Democrats are more sexist than Republicans. The right has been outraged at Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) this past week for mentioning White House aide...
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The Drug Enforcement Administration, a federal agency, has joined the investigation into the August 16 death of actress Hayden Panettiere, a source familiar with the matter told The New York Times on Wednesday. As previously reported, Panettiere died at 36 years old in a Greenvil...
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Daniel talks about how LGBTQ+ media has changed and what it's like moving from Dallas to Portland.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 to continue reading...
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Fox Host Sean Hannity is being called out for blatant hypocrisy after defending Sen. Darline Graham Nordone's (R-SC) clueless answer to a debate question about Taiwan. Video is making the rounds on social media, comparing Hannity's attempt to downplay Graham Nordone's gaffe with ...
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Not all heroes wear capes. Some just use the bathroom. A group of transgender men who call themselves the “compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.The new law, Senate Bill 244, went into effect in February of thi...
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A judge has blocked the Trump administration from stripping the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP), a bipartisan sex education program that has been running since 2010. Under Donald Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services tried to push an abstinence-only model an...
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This story originally appeared on Out.The telehealth company MISTR is best known for increasing free access to crucial STI prevention medications like DoxyPEP and PrEP. But now, it’s unveiling a new frontier. Enter MISTR Magic, an erectile dysfunction medication catering to queer...
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During a conversation with right-wing commentator Benny Johnson earlier this week, anti-trans Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) poked fun at the current controversy surrounding trans people in the WNBA. Johnson asked Abbott whether NBA players should be allowed to play in the WNBA and a...
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When people hear the word “conference,” they often imagine a weekend event that begins on Friday and ends on Sunday. For Black Educated Lesbians (BEL), our annual conference is only one part of a much larger mission. BEL was founded because Black lesbians deserve spaces intention...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday used an anti-transgender slur while campaigning for U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa), drawing attention to the Trump-Vance administration’s ongoing efforts to restrict trans people from serving in the military. “At the Department of War, we do...
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Spoiler alert: This essay contains spoilers for The End of Oak Street. Childhood crushes are an enduring cinematic staple and The End of Oak Street is no different. But this time, it’s queer.For those who have yet to see the dino-fighting thriller, the premise is simultaneously h...
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It’s been ten years since “San Junipero,” the groundbreaking episode of Black Mirror, aired. Though it’s been a decade, the impact of the story remains, and lives on in new formats. “San Junipero” tells an unlikely love story between Yorkie and Kelly, two women who meet in a simu...
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It’s hard to imagine where LGBTQ+ television would be without “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” the trailblazing reality series that premiered in 2003. Each episode of this Emmy-winning show saw a group of gays converge on a struggling man — the titular straight guy — and offer n...
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There is a column in the New York Times asking, “Is Ocasio-Cortez ready for the glass cliff?” The author thinks it’s a great idea for her to run for president. I believe it’s a bad idea for her personally, and a disastrous idea for the Democratic Party. However, that is not the o...
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Yesterday, the internet piled on Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) – the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, who was appointed by her state's Republican governor to serve the rest of her brother's term – for giving one of the worst answers in a political debate when asked about h...
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On Chicago’s West Side, the ballroom scene doubles as a lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth. Every week, teens are drawn into TaskForce Prevention & Community Services for its popular Vogue School. Once there, they then have access to a variety of resources like housing support, a food pan...
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GLAAD released the findings of its sixth annual State of HIV Stigma Report, created in partnership with Gilead Sciences. The study reveals a widening gap between game-changing scientific advancements in HIV prevention and treatment and awareness of these advances that can save li...
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“Proud transphobe” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is running for governor of South Carolina on a campaign that focuses heavily on her opposition to trans rights. Now she's claiming that the person who shot rightwing political operative Charlie Kirk – who has not been identified or appreh...
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Despite conservative attempts to suppress queer and transgender life across the United States, LGBTQ+ people are still coming out every day and living in our truths. A new Human Rights Campaign Foundation analysis of U.S. Census data found that LGBTQ+ people now make up 12% of ad...
