In a now familiar almost daily occurrence, President Donald Trump has once again stepped into the doggie poop of his self-dumped international crises by ordering his Internal Revenue Service to impose a 30% federal withholding tax on Spain’s athletic championship team members aft...
The Trump administration is ending its LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator program, which has helped LGBTQ+ veterans find competent, inclusive care for the past 10 years. An internal email sent on July 22 and obtained by Advocate reportedly told LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinators and r...
West Virginia Del. David Elliott Pritt (R) was arrested Wednesday and criminally charged under allegations that he repeatedly sexually abused an eighth-grade girl in a classroom while he served as a middle school teacher. Federal court documents allege that he had communicated wi...
During a Wednesday appearance on The Don Lemon Show with gay host Don Lemon, Hunter Biden refused to out any specific Republican politicians, despite claiming there are many who are closeted in D.C. "I'm already in enough lawsuits, darn," Biden joked. Related 2nd trans woman says...
I regret to inform you that some cisgender women on TikTok are talking about drinking pee to avoid taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Yes, you literally read that correctly.In the latest installment of cis people’s obsession...
Fresh off her failed attempt to turn the president's trans military ban into law this week, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) – known for her belief in conspiracy theories – said on Tuesday that the moon landing was faked in an Amazon warehouse. The moon landing was in 1969. Amazon was ...
Summer in D.C. just hits different. Congress is out, school is out, the sun is out, thighs are out. With the skies clearing from Canadian smoke, here are a few ways to stay entertained. Dining Summer restaurant week: The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) is...
By saying we cannot trust our elections, the sick, old, demented, felon, in the White House is trying to scare Americans into not voting. He, and his faithful fascist appointees, dragged out old documents, already proven to be false, to scare people. He revisited claims that thre...
On Saturday, June 20, Capital Pride hosted the Pride Parade through the heart of Washington, D.C. I broke my foot just a couple days before and couldn’t attend, but beyond my mobility, Pride celebrations have always been difficult as a multiply disabled, queer person. As someone ...
The organization "Them Before Us" – part of the "Greater Than" anti-marriage equality campaign – installed a homophobic billboard in Lima, Ohio, that reads "No child has two dads, no child has two moms." "What bothers me about it is a child that sees this sign, and either asks th...
A lawyer for the Trump administration argued that the president has the authority to fire all women and people over 40 from federal positions if he so chooses. “Could the president decide that he wasn’t going to appoint or allow to remain in office any female heads of agencies or...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have codified a ban transgender servicemembers in the military. The bipartisan vote was 212-217. The NDAA is for the 2027 fiscal year and sets policies for the ...
A new study to be presented at an international AIDS conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next week shows the devastating effects of cuts that the Trump administration has made in the global effort to eradicate HIV/AIDS. Sharp drops in both prevention efforts and treatment for ch...
Republican Sen. John Cornyn (TX) caved on the threat he made Monday to vote against two of President Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ ambassadorial nominees if the White House didn't provides proof that it has distributed congressionally pre-approved funds for the President’s Emergency...
The D.C. Council on July 14 gave final approval for the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget that includes an amendment calling for increasing the number and size of funding grants that the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs provides for local organizations providing services for the LGBT...
This story originally appeared on Out.The tension in the Big Brother house is reaching a boiling point.Within the first few weeks of the hit reality show's 28th season, the drama has kicked into high gear as alliances have been broken, contestants have betrayed each other, and li...
Actress and ally Whoopi Goldberg said yesterday to conservatives who oppose transgender actor Elliot Page's casting as a Greek soldier in the recent action-adventure blockbuster epic The Odyssey, “Don’t go see the damn movie!” During the Tuesday installment of The View, the co-ho...
MAGA Republicans in Arizona on Tuesday nominated a local sheriff embroiled in scandal with evidence of swinging, sexting, racist and homophobic texts, threats to a former lover over sharing images of his genitals that he sent her, and an investigation by the Mormon church. He den...
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) used a House committee hearing on sanctuary states and immigration policy to berate Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) about a joke he told about restroom use in 2017. It didn't go well for Gill. Pritzker was summoned to the hearing alongside two other Democratic go...
Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton fled a press conference on Tuesday after reporters asked about two recent scandals. The reporters' questions referenced a July 16 New York Times report that Paxton and his trusts own at least 15 properties worth roug...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate. A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to explain why testosterone treatment is being promoted as a readiness-enhancing benefit for some service members while the same hormone care is being used to justify removing transgender tro...
The Health Council of the Netherlands published the results of a two-year review last month, reaffirming support for gender-affirming care for trans youth under the country's pre-existing model. Citing the harms caused by delayed treatment, the report concluded (based on Dutch-to...
When I was a teenager, I wanted to sound like Emma Stone. Her low-pitched, husky voice carried an unnameable allure. And given all the compliments my friends paid whenever someone was sick — “Do you have a cold? Your voice sounds all raspy and sexy” — it felt gender-acceptable to...
This story originally appeared on Out.It's a new era for The Real Housewives of New York City!A new crop of women and a familiar face are all joining the cast for the upcoming 16th season. One of the main storylines that's being teased in the trailer is newbie Hailey Glassman's l...
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled this week that a lawsuit brought by a transgender woman against New York City alleging discrimination in the city’s shelter system can move forward. Lawyers for the city had moved last December to have the case dismissed, but as Gothamist rep...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) lavished praise on the president's gay niece, Mary Trump, during a Tuesday interview with MeidasTouch reporter Pablo Manríquez. Manríquez asked Raskin about Trump – who runs a progressive blog opposing her uncle – after she stopped by Capitol Hill on Tues...
Harry Hay was one of the founders of American gay activism, got thrown out of nearly every group he built, and never once stopped making trouble. Now, 250 years into the American experiment, the pioneer of gay liberation remains its most necessary irritant. LGBTQ Nation spoke to ...
Democratic legislators in Florida want 48-year-old Republican state Rep. Fabian Basabe (who once claimed to be gay) to resign after a July 15 jury verdict found him liable for sexually harassing two male staffers — legislative aide Nicolas Frevola and intern Jacob Cutbirth — and ...
Updated 7/24/2026: In a world of Sophie Cunninghams, we think you should be a Megan Rapinoe. The same day that Sophie Cunningham’s comments aired on trans women in sports, Olympic medalist Megan Rapinoe stood up to transphobia. In a July 21 interview with The View, Rapinoe broke ...
Comedian Dave Chappelle is back to using his platform to mock LGBTQ+ people. During a guest appearance at fellow comedian Shane Gillis's record-breaking July 17 performance at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field, Chappelle mocked Vice President JD Vance by calling him gay and ...
(Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a three-part series profiling the candidates for mayor of Rehoboth Beach, Del.: Commissioners Suzanne Goode, Susan Stewart, and Craig Thier; a fourth candidate, William Raak, filed to join the race but has not responded to multiple...
In a Friday letter, Senate Democrats demanded more information on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new testosterone screening program, which they wrote he introduced "despite longstanding medical guidance recommending against routine population-wide screening." Last week, Hegseth...
Which would you rather watch: A critically acclaimed blockbuster with $250 million of human effort poured into it, starring some of the biggest movie stars on the planet? Or an AI version of The Odyssey made by right-wing billionaire Elon Musk’s slop machine?Musk promised on his ...
After Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) passed away earlier this month, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) picked Graham's younger sister – Darline Graham Nordone – to serve the rest of Graham's term while the state GOP holds a primary election to pick a candidate to run in this Nov...
Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) introduced an amendment to ban transgender people from openly serving in the military, but all House Democrats – joined by four Republicans – voted against it yesterday, defeating the measure. Boebert introduced an amendment to the National ...
I was inside Benning Road train station in April waiting for my train with two friends on the way to school. It usually took me 25-30 minutes to get from Benning Road Station to school at Congress Heights. As I waited for the train, I kept noticing that every train that got to fi...
The president of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, vetoed two bills last week that would have extended recognition to same-sex couples. The bills would have created "cohabitation contracts," according to Reuters, which would have given some legal recognition to same-sex couples when it com...
The city of Boise won't take "no" for an answer. Republicans said no Pride flags, so the mayor responded with Pride "wraps." Just days after Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed an updated law that finally banished the Pride standard from flying at City Hall, Boise unveiled vinyl wr...
An activist from Puerto Rico who spoke at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus briefing last week in D.C. said anti-LGBTQ laws and policies have left the LGBTQ community in the U.S. commonwealth even more vulnerable. "A human rights crisis is unfolding in Puerto Rico — one that dispro...
Republican Sen. John Cornyn (TX) threatened on Monday to block two of President Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ ambassadorial nominees unless the White House provides proof that it has distributed congressionally pre-approved funds for the President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (P...
After online backlash, 2nd Base Espresso, a "bikini barista" drive-through coffee stand in Spokane, Washington, removed its outdoor public-facing sign last Wednesday ], which said, "Trans women are r**arded men,” using a slur for people with intellectual disabilities. Protestors ...
In Indonesia this week, viral video captured one of a number of brazen attacks by a vigilante group dedicated to eradicating LGBTQ+ people in the Muslim-majority nation. The incident darkened the national debate raging over the community's place in the country. The attacks in Bog...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised Monday at a "political terrorism summit" that his State Department will soon designate various left-wing groups in the U.S. as terrorist organizations. On the same day, he released a 100-page report naming 43 individuals and groups that the...
Supporters of the Denny Blaine Park nude beach in Seattle, Washington got a mixed verdict last week, after a neighborhood group tried to shut down the popular LGBTQ+ gathering spot. The judge in the case agreed that public sex and masturbation remain a public nuisance at the park...
The X account for the campaign of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) mocked a gay conservative influencer with long hair by referring to him as the rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). While numerous X commenters laughed at Newsom's mockery and misgendering, Newsom has come ...
Tom Homan, Trump's so-called "border czar" overseeing national immigration and border security, told reporters yesterday that he can't even buy milk without being harassed due to Democrats' "hateful rhetoric" against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. This rhetoric...
A trans mom went viral on TikTok mocking Tucker Carlson. Now, that viral attention has helped to fund her facial feminization surgery. Sandy Donald, also known as TikTok user @beateasy or just "Sam," started releasing a series of videos back in May in which she portrays “my toddl...
Polish President Karol Nawrocki on July 17 vetoed bills that would have extended rights to same-sex couples. Reuters reported Nawrocki rejected two measures that would have allowed same-sex couples who live together to enter into "cohabitation contracts." Reuters noted the bills ...
While defending the GOP's SAVE Act – which would disenfranchise millions of voters, including many transgender Americans – House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said there is nothing wrong with strict voter ID laws since you even need an ID to utilize Olive Garden's never-en...
A Spokane, Washington, coffee stand has taken down a transphobic and ableist sign after community backlash, according to local newspaper The Spokesman-Review. 2nd Base Espresso adjusted the reader board outside its business earlier this month to display the message “Trans women a...
An Iowa school district will pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by three high school teachers who were disciplined for their involvement in a student drag show in 2022. Jill Bjorklund, Mollie Jo Blahunka, and PJ Hurley will each receive $27,700 with an additional 67,000 goi...
The Divine Playhouse — an LGBTQ+ theater troupe in Sydney, Australia — is fighting a landlord who terminated the lease to their venue (a former church) over the group's allegedly “offensive” religious-themed work. The artists are speaking out, holding a counter-protest, and raisi...
Uncloseted Media published this article on July 18. By SAM DONNDELINGER | On a June night in rural North Carolina, dozens of campers sat around the fire as a counselor asked them to close their eyes. “Picture a place where you feel completely safe,” they were told. “Think about w...
The American Library Association (ALA) is sounding the alarm as a federal bill seeking to ban "sexually oriented material" in public schools makes its way through Congress. S.B. 4925 was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 24. Offici...
At the Democrats' Leadership Blue Conference in Florida over the weekend, keynote speaker Pete Buttigieg declared, "There is no such thing as a permanently red state" and said he believes there is "enormous opportunity" for Florida Democrats in the upcoming election cycle. "I fee...
Every day we get closer to a season of Bi Island USA, I can feel it. Apparently, Love Island fans and sapphic internet sleuths can feel it, too, because after a week of speculation on TikTok about bombshell Amora Cacheé’s sexuality, she has come out to clear the air on some false...
A Methodist conference that was scheduled to take place in Boise, Idaho, next year will have to find a new venue as its members voted to leave the state out of concerns for the safety of transgender and nonbinary participants The United Methodist Church held its annual Oregon-Ida...
Big might be moving to Paris, but Miranda is officiating weddings in Florida. Cynthia Nixon will be the “Reverend-for-the-Day” at Bride Pride, billed as the “World’s Largest All-Girl Wedding & Renewal Ceremony,” per its website. The event will take place on February 21, 2027, in ...
Acclaimed chef Patrick O’Connell is preparing to publish his new memoir, “Main, Middle & Gay” in September and he’s launching the book with an event on Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. at Lisner Auditorium featuring Chef José Andrés and former Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema. Tickets ...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is getting attention on social media for turning a bizarre question about his wife into a slam on Donald Trump. The Atlantic published a profile by Mark Leibovich about the senator, who is the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ). Giffords served in...
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