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An organization called Hands Off the Arts has announced it is holding a protest on Friday, Sept. 18, in which between 400 and 800 participants are expected to create a “human chain” around the Kennedy Center to voice their strong objection to President Donald Trump’s call for pos...
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said this past weekend that an attempt by her Republican predecessor to restrict trans kids' ability to participate in school sports is now dead, and she got emotional during her announcement. She was speaking at Virginia Pridefest this past S...
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Republican Jadon MacCormack, a Connecticut State House candidate who literally wants to execute all LGBTQ+ people, decisively lost his primary race last night against his competitor, Anthony Emilio. MacCormack won only 90 votes, less than 20% of the total votes cast for both cand...
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The Republican Party held an unusual midterm convention in Dallas last week, where President Donald Trump and other prominent GOP officials spoke in hopes of building enthusiasm and support ahead of the November elections. The two-day gathering at the American Airlines Center was...
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Renowned three-Michelin-star Chef Patrick O’Connell says food and wine hold a unique ability to bring people together. Indeed, he has served everyone from right-wing zealot Jerry Falwell to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth during his decades at the beloved Inn at Little Washington in ru...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Props to these celebs for bringing the fashion!Historically, boring black suits dominate the red carpet at every major award show, including the Primetime Emmy Awards. Thankfully, quite a few stars elevated their looks by wearing something da...
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Out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he believes America is ready for a gay president when asked about it on the Sunday morning news talk program Meet the Press. The show's hostess Kristen Welker mentioned to Buttigieg that former Vice President Kamala Harris w...
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Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Lioness season 3, episode 7 "Kiss the Girls."After a grueling search, Joe has been saved. Much of Lioness season 3 has been about the team trying to save Joe after she was abducted, and now they finally have her back. The final ha...
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Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Maygar has said his government will amend a law that essentially bans same-sex couples from adopting children. Lawmakers approved the effective adoption ban in 2020, when then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government was in power. Maygar announced p...
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The editorial staff of some of the country’s most prominent LGBTQ+ publications presented a united front Monday, publicly demanding answers from their parent company equalpride after a report revealed that one of its board members had expressed support for President Donald Trump ...
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To those still reeling from the loss of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, we have another queer icon to add to the In Memoriam of 2026: Bob Mackie. A designer known for being extra, before that was even a thing, has left us with a legacy of looks and an indelible mark on fashion. The n...
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By DARREONNA DAVIS | Denise Johnson imagined spending Sunday with her daughter, Sophie Lee, eating crabs at the park. Instead, she stood on a Barclay street corner Sunday evening surrounded by nearly 100 people who came to remember her daughter, a transgender woman who was fatall...
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A statue of the late anti-LGBTQ+ MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk was vandalized barely three days after its display outside the Phoenix, Arizona headquarters of his young conservative organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA). It was displayed on September 10, the one-year anniversary ...
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Legal authorities in Istanbul, Turkey, arrested at least 47 people across 12 provinces in government raids on LGBTQ+ bars, activist homes, and associations that took place over the weekend. The government crackdown is part of its ongoing "My Family Is Safe" campaign targeting LGB...
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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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Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHC) is currently in court defending itself from allegations that it is in contempt of court. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in May that the hospital had to resume providing gender-affirming care for trans youth, but plaintiffs argue the hospital i...
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Authorities in Turkey over the weekend detained dozens of people during raids they carried out against gay bars and LGBTQ activists’ homes across the country. The BBC reported the raids were part of the government’s “My Family is Safe” campaign. A statement from a group of Turkis...
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Trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) believes the trans community has far more support than the media makes it seem. McBride didn't hesitate when asked by The Independent what she wants trans youth to know. “What you see on the TV and what you see on the news is not reflectiv...
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A school board in Virginia voted late last week to reverse a policy banning extracurricular clubs at the middle school level following a settlement in a lawsuit brought on behalf of students who wanted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). On Friday, the King George County Scho...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Gay fashion designer Bob Mackie has died. He was 87.The legendary fashion and costume designer, famous for dressing people like Cher, Elton John, Diana Ross, and Tina Turner, has passed away, according to a statement released on his social me...
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The 29th annual SMYAL Fall Brunch was held at the Marriott Marquis on Sunday, Sept. 13. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: SMYAL Fall Brunch appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News....
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Baltimore's LGBTQ+ community is reeling after a 27-year-old trans woman was shot and killed Friday morning in the city's Barclay neighborhood. While police have not yet publicly identified the victim, the housing and health organization Baltimore Safe Haven told media outlets her...
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Model Kai Schreiber, 17-year-old daughter of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, made history on Friday at New York Fashion Week as she became the first trans girl to win the Breakthrough Model of the Year statue at The Daily Front Row’s Fashion Media Awards, per the Daily Mail.“I’ve...
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‘Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton’By Martha Ackmannc.2026, St. Martin’s Press$30/304 pages Not too bright. That’s what people once thought about you. Your language didn’t conform, you had your own sense of style, and you were ignorant about modern things an...
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As the Trump administration continues to outdo itself with absurdities, Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to tell parody from reality. The latest example: a post from the official White House Rapid Response 47 social media account thanking Donald Trump for stopping ...
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Sophie Lee, a Black transgender woman, was shot and killed in Baltimore on Friday morning, per a report in local ABC affiliate WMAR. Police are still looking for a suspect in Lee’s death, as well as a motive, per NBC affiliate WBAL.While initial reports said that Lee had not been...
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The Republican midterm convention, held last week in Dallas, was a dud by any measure. The convention hall was half-empty at best, the event tanked in the ratings, and even Republican strategists admitted that it would do nothing to help the party in the midterms. Basically, the ...
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A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns...
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America PAC, the super PAC backed by Elon Musk, is set to spend over $100 million in an effort to help Republicans win in the midterms. So far, that spending budget seems to be going almost exclusively towards anti-trans ads that push scaremongering lies about trans people, misin...
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Scandal-plagued Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) may have made a veiled threat to out anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) for having sex with men, longtime gay journalist Michelangelo Signorile publicly suggested in his Substack post yesterday. While Moreno angrily swore at former White ...
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“Arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand-in-hand.” -Judi Dench as M in “Casino Royale” On the right-wing side of the dictatorial strongmen’s political spectrum, we find the philosophy and practice of “fascism.” While also deployed as an epithet by some, fascism developed as a...
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A First Nation in Alberta, Canada has declared itself a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care amid the province's crackdown on providing such care to trans kids under 16. “All children, including trans and two-spirit children and their family, will have safety under our tr...
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This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think...
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San Francisco's Chinatown doesn't just have some of the city's most unique markets, eateries, and architecture — it's also home to the OUT Museum, the word's first Chinese LGBTQ+ Museum. Opened in May, the free museum currently has a one-room exhibition space that is only open on...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.For nearly a year, LGBTQ+ students in one rural Virginia county watched the adults overseeing their education move the goalposts.Students at King George Middle School followed the rules to establish a Gay-Straight Alliance. The princ...
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Russia has slapped the international travel site Booking.com with an approximately $70,000 fine (6 million rubles) for violating the country's so-called LGBT propaganda laws. The Tagansky district court of Moscow reportedly handed down two three-million-ruble fines to the company...
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A woman interviewed by a right-winger at a March 28 No Kings protest against the U.S. president has earned the praise of the internet for her responses that seemed to leave the interviewer speechless. Youtuber Nate Friedman claimed to have "exposed" No Kings protestors in New Yor...
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One does not have to be a certified clinical psychologist to witness the clearly obvious flaws of character of Donald John Trump. Even the casual spectator, whether or not a Trump supporter, can see his offensive style of communication, grievances and attacks against anyone and a...
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Hard as it is to believe for those who were around when it happened, “Thelma and Louise” celebrates the 35th anniversary of its release this year. Deeply popular with both critics and audiences at the time, its reputation continues to ride high; it’s a movie that manages to exist...
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The Swiss government says it supports a uniform, national ban on so-called conversion therapy, and it's moving ahead to consider federal legislation to outlaw the discredited practice. A report from the government published last week details a number of current national regulatio...
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Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump's doctors are monitoring "the progress of his dementia and/or strokes," psychologist...
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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. Our Good News Roundup is chock-full of stars this week — celebrities and politicians who are shining brigh...
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This story originally appeared on Out.She's never beating the mother allegations.Lady Gaga has finally made her dream of becoming a real-life mom come true! The Grammy-winning singer has opened up on her desire to have a child of her own one day, so she's now officially entering ...
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) hired 25-year-old Stephen Woytek as his campaign's political director in August. Woytek's social media activity shows that he posted an image of Nazi soldiers as his Facebook profile photo, follows a group that reenacts Nazi military campaigns, ...
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This story originally appeared on Out.There are glute workouts that will give you the round hockey butt of your dreams and butt facials to make your peach silky smooth, but what if you want everything to look perfect when you bend over and spread your cheeks?Anal bleaching is the...
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This week, Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico pulled a screeching U-turn on his support of trans people, retreating behind the concept of “fairness.” He went on Fox News to say, “I oppose trans athletes playing in girls’ sports if it endangers safety or fairness.” H...
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A second transgender sex worker said she was hired by the recently deceased Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Her claim comes one week after another trans sex worker came forward with her own story about Graham. "Lindsey Graham was one of my clients. This transphobic, homophobic man ca...
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Transgender action and sci-fi director Lilly Wachowski told Variety that fans of the magical kids' fantasy series Harry Potter are "supporting trans genocide" because it helps fund the anti-trans activism of the series' author JK Rowling. "She is funding trans genocide," Wachowsk...
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The Saddle Lake Cree Nation is standing up against the Canadian Province of Alberta’s gender-affirming care ban by positioning itself as a safe haven for transgender people seeking medical care. In December 2024, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and other members of the United Cons...
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The Trans Filmmakers Summit (TFS) celebrates its fifth year at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, with legendary Beverly Glenn-Copeland, award-winning musician, composer and collaborator of Sam Smith, Blood Orange, Bon Iver, to receive the CMF Barrier Breaker Award. Th...
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Modern Military Association of America will host “Pride in Service: An LGBTQ+ Military Happy Hour” on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. at Tom’s Watch Bar. This in-person gathering is the perfect chance to connect, share stories, and celebrate the diversity within the military communit...
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Friday, September 11 Go Gay DC will host “Out in DC LGBTQ+ Community Social” at 7 p.m. at Hotel Zena.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. Women in t...
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The bus at first looks unassuming, a black trailer you’d see at any old craft fair or farmers market. But like a mysterious wardrobe or rabbit hole, the doors open to something fantastical: lavender shelves, disco balls, brightly colored stickers, and rows and rows of queer books...
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Like clockwork, every time Republicans gather, the joke starts to circulate — and this time was no different. As the Grand Old Party descended on Dallas, Texas for the 2026 Republican National Midterm Convention this week, reports circulated on social media that gay hookup app Gr...
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This story originally appeared on Out.Orville Peck is making history!The handsome country star is the first gay singer to ever grace the cover of Playgirl. It's safe to say, he's giving fans plenty of content to enjoy!In a slew of sexy new photos, along with an accompanying BTS v...
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Lilly Wachowski, acclaimed co-director of films including The Matrix, Bound, and V For Vendetta, said in a new interview that supporting the Harry Potter franchise is akin to supporting genocide against transgender people.In an interview with Variety published today, Wachowski wa...
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Officials with the U.S. State Department have removed a painting by out artist Kehinde Wiley from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, which they have variously described as “very woke” and as depicting a lesbian picnic. The painting, Young Artists After Siamesas 1960, was...
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As part of its commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, a federally operated program, released information during the past week showing it has awarded more than $18 billion to over 77,000 9/11 victims and th...
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Backed into a rhetorical corner by President Donald Trump and the GOP’s escalating attacks ahead of the November midterm elections, Democrats are being advised to take a middle-of-the-road position on transgender athletes rather than ignore the issue entirely, per a new report in...
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