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In this year of sparse and lackluster LGBTQ History Month programming, the future of LGBTQ history concerns me. I am troubled by the state of the LGBTQ community, both in a global context and specifically in Washington, D.C. Much of what bothers me comes down to what I perceive a...
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It’s rare for a movie that was made over a half-century before to somehow become one of the most anticipated film releases of the year, but thanks to Ken Russell’s “The Devils,” we know that it does happen. It’s true that Russell’s legendarily controversial 1971 period horror dra...
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During the 2024 election cycle, a multimillion-dollar deluge of Donald Trump- and GOP-fueled anti-trans campaign ads flooded the airwaves. Those ads peeled away some support for trans people, but in researching their efficacy, the Transgender Law Center and its communications and...
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At a White House military Mother’s Day event on May 6, First Lady Melania Trump stated that while many know her husband, President Donald Trump, as a "strong commander-in-chief," she believes he is a caring leader who "constantly remembers each and every American soldier is someo...
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Hunter Schafer was recently in London for the wedding of her Euphoria co-star Zendaya, who married actor Tom Holland. She found time for a night out with close friends at a nightclub. “We were dancing incredibly hard. There were no cameras out, which was great, so everybody was r...
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Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is having a hard time defending President Donald Trump's chaotic economic policies. And now he just threatened a journalist for questioning Trump's management of the economy. Bessent appeared on NBC's Meet the Press this past Sunday, where hos...
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Donald Trump has never cared about the people of the United States. He has always concerned himself with the richest of the rich, the upper 1% on the financial scale. He has given massive tax and regulatory breaks and other favors to the tech oligarchs and relegated the rest of t...
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“Queer zine, N. A sexy, subversive and explicit publication devoted to enlarging and examining our cultural assumptions.” That's a definition of queer zines unearthed by the Queer Zine Archive Project, or QZAP, an online archive dedicated to the preservation and promotion of quee...
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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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The Washington Blade held a celebration for the 25th annual Best of LGBTQ D.C. Awards at Long View Gallery on Thursday, Oct. 22. Ashley Darby of "The Real Housewives of Potomac" was the emcee at the "Murder on the Dance Floor" costume party. Performers included Elextra G, Druex S...
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Review boards tasked with expelling trans troops from the U.S. military aren't performing as expected. The boards, composed of everyday uniformed service members, are voting to keep their trans colleagues. Related Trans service members challenging military ban score major victory...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A Republican district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into the mailers sent to thousands of Texas voters posing as guides from a transgender rights organization, all while a company is taking initial steps to end its r...
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The Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) filed a petition in state court Thursday seeking authorization to begin taking depositions as part of its effort to determine who has been impersonating the organization in text messages and mailers sent to Texas voters ahead of t...
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Chefs for Equality celebrated its 15th anniversary on Oct. 19, an event that makes it clear that the fight for full LGBTQ equality is not yet fully won, through the lens of delicious dishes along with fine wines. Launched in 2012, Chefs for Equality is a proud, fierce, sumptuous ...
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Florida-based drag queen Miss Bouvèé has raised over $25,000 from selling the bricks from a Miami Beach rainbow crosswalk that was demolished as part of Governor Ron DeSantis’s ongoing war against LGBTQ-affirming roads. After the Miami Beach rainbow crosswalk was dismantled in Oc...
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Half a billion dollars in attack ads deployed by Republicans in Texas this election season are having unintended consequences. According to conservative voters in the state, they're teaching their children that trans people exist. "My kids didn’t even know what transgender meant ...
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A lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, is suffering an empty dance floor after announcing it would make masking optional on Saturday nights. The change earned a scorching reaction online from patrons who've come to expect a full masking protocol every time they visited, the ...
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Whether you know him as the unmistakable, Emmy-nominated voice of Linda Belcher on Bob’s Burgers or as a staple of New York’s downtown comedy and music scenes, John Roberts has always had something special to share. Now, the multi-talented queer artist is inviting us to the dance...
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) is highlighting the sexual violence in U.S. prisons and jails committed by inmates perceived to be transgender, while obscuring the notably higher rates of incarcerated transgender victims of abuse. Earlier this month, the DOJ’s Bureau of Justice S...
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This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. On Tuesday, an X account attributed to a Texas man named Zyron Lewis posted a video of Lewis claiming that in 2012, when he was a middle school student, he was sexually assault...
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Celebrate the 39th Annual 17th Street High Heel Race on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 6-10 p.m. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs sponsor the event. If you’re interested in racing, fill out the 17th Street High Heel Racer’s Registration and Authorization Form at the...
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Earlier this month, Donald Trump used an anti-trans slur on Truth Social to insult Democratic Senate candidate for South Carolina, pediatrician Dr. Annie Andrews. On Thursday, he brought that slur to life by uttering it aloud on stage at a South Carolina rally. “Darline’s running...
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Friday, October 23 Trans Discussion Group will be at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This group is intended to provide an emotionally and physically safe space for trans people and those who may be questioning their gender identity/expression to join together in community and learn from one anot...
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For years, the true identity of the writer “Lisa Ben” – a clever anagram for lesbian – remained a mystery. But in the 1940s, the creator of Vice Versa, the first known lesbian magazine in the country, had to write anonymously. People who valued their safety and livelihoods had no...
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Chrishell Stause will not be tuning in to season 10 of Netflix reality series Selling Sunset. Her lawyers, on the other hand, will be watching closely. During a red carpet interview for The Hollywood Reporter’s Creator A-list party on October 21, the Selling Sunset alum shared th...
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Federal authorities on Thursday charged Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) with racketeering and money laundering in connection with a cannabis business that she co-owns. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel during a Norfolk press confere...
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has earned praise for her response to a question on trans rights during a town hall hosted by the progressive campus group More Perfect University. At the organization's Students vs. Billionaires town hall in Maine on Thursday, a trans student...
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This story originally appeared on Out.As one of the world's most sought-after supermodels, whose career also includes acting and music, Cara Delevingne is no stranger to soirees and other invitation-only events in her dual hometowns of Los Angeles and New York City. But there was...
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The owner of the Anthem Orlando nightclub says that Meta suspended the venue’s Instagram account shortly after the city’s October Pride celebration, marking yet another LGBTQ+ business that has had its social presence scrubbed by the social media giant in recent months. “On Oct 2...
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A gay dad will not face charges after he punched a right-wing influencer who tricked him into a homophobic interview. 32-year-old David Vulin fulfilled a “pre-filing diversion," a program that allows certain people to fulfill requirements like community service or rehabilitation ...
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By DYLAN SEGELBAUM | A Baltimore teacher has cleared a key hurdle in her defamation lawsuit against those including the founder of the conservative social media account Libs of TikTok. Baltimore County Circuit Judge Marc DeSimone Jr. on Wednesday denied Chaya Raichik’s motion to ...
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By KRISTEN GRIFFITH | A Harford County Circuit Court judge sided with the state school board Thursday afternoon, ruling that a young adult novel can remain in public school libraries. Judge Yolanda L. Curtin said the Harford board of education’s June 2025 decision to remove “Flam...
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For over 25 years, OutYouth in Texas had a home at 909 E. 49th1/2 Street, affectionately known as The Little Blue Bungalow. In 2024, a water leak damaged the structure beyond reasonable repair, and now the group is building a new home on the same site. They have raised funds for ...
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(Original article published 10/5/26 has been updated.) GLAAD and Fair Wisconsin have documented the LGBTQ records of the candidates for governor of Wisconsin, David Crowley and Tom Tiffany. David Crowley (D) Milwaukee County Executive —October 12, 2026: responded to a Wisconsin W...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined forces with one of social media's most vitriolic anti-trans campaigners last week to drum a Navy Commander out of the service over her support for transgender healthcare. It was a one-two punch from Hegseth in service of the president's cr...
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The Comings & Goings column is about sharing the professional successes of our community. We want to recognize those landing new jobs, new clients for their business, joining boards of organizations and other achievements. Please share your successes with us at comingsandgoings@w...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A Texas transgender rights organization has filed a petition in state court seeking to uncover who is behind an impersonation campaign it says has reached thousands of Texas residents ahead of the November 3 general election.The Tran...
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In 1983, the Food and Drug Administration instituted a ban on blood donations from men who have sex with other men in an attempt to keep HIV out of the nation’s blood supply. This came as the AIDS epidemic was ravaging queer communities, and contributed to a nationwide blood shor...
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This story originally appeared on Out.They're back to make it nice!The classic phrase is all good things come to an end, but in the world of reality TV, sometimes they're just rebooted. Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, Dorinda Medley, and Kelly Bensimon made televis...
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United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton's LGBTQ+ views could help determine whether Kansas elects its first Democratic US Senator since 1932. But because he has never held elected office, his queer rights record is based mostly on comments he has made as a pastor and since announci...
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This year marks a quarter century of celebrating our community in the Blade’s annual Best Of LGBTQ D.C. Awards. The awards began 25 years ago as a way to highlight businesses, performers, activists, non-profits, allies, clergy, athletes, and others contributing to D.C.’s vibrant ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Trump administration has once again all but erased transgender people from reports about sexual violence in prisons and jails across the country — except to report data about trans people as perpetrators of violence. The same rep...
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Asexual people around the world face pathologization, discrimination, and violence, according to a new report from Outright International. The LGBTQ+ rights organization teamed with British asexual activist Yasmin Benoit and asexual advocates from Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana,...
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Questions about how high-level political appointees wield their power have long persisted, particularly under the Trump-Vance administration. Now, allegations involving openly gay Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Ric Grenell, White House adviser Alina Habba, and he...
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New Zealand's High Court on Wednesday struck down the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth, ruling that the measures were passed unlawfully and amounted to unjustified discrimination. The decision is a victory for advocates who challenged the rules, which followe...
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A Florida woman is suing the city council that suspended her after her history of obscene, racist and homophobic tweets was uncovered and published in a local paper. The councilwoman, Judi Fike, was appointed to her seat in Groveland, Florida last year and is running for a full t...
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Earlier this year, out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk and MAGA conspiracy theorist who was sentenced to years in prison for tampering with voting machines. And new evidence shows that the White House held a "brai...
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Vice President JD Vance is being brutally mocked after a video circulated online of an entire NFL team ignoring him. The video shows Vance standing outside the locker room of the Cincinnati Bengals as the players file in from practice. Presumably, Vance was standing there to gree...
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After being promised and later denied funding by the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus has now raised over $42,000 via GoFundMe to make up the shortfall, already surpassing its original $40,000 goal. “It just really encouraged all of the chorus membe...
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Billionaire anti-trans activist J.K. Rowling published an essay this week in which she attempts to make the case that trans rights activism is “elitist.” The Harry Potter author framed the piece, posted October 21 on her personal website, as an “update” to her infamous June 2020 ...
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Written By: Brandon R. Nicholas I’m sitting in a packed room in Austin, Texas for the Prism/aGLIFF awards dinner. I’m being awarded the Queer Black Voices honor with two other filmmakers. This is the third festival screening for my documentary short film Miss Honey: The Catsuit, ...
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A married gay couple is suing a solar installation company after they say they were harassed by fellow workers, targeted by management, and fired without notice. Wilmer Muchacho, 46, and Jose Cordero, 30, allege in a lawsuit filed last week in Maine District Court that employees ...
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Colorado voters are deciding on two interconnected statewide ballot measures that would severely limit the freedom of transgender Americans, broadly alter state law, and establish rigid statewide rules that override the decision-making power of local communities, clinical experti...
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Sophia Bush sat down with host Alex Cooper on the megapopular podcast Call Her Daddy this week to clear up misconceptions about her relationship timeline with soccer star Ashlyn Harris, denying longstanding rumors that their connection began with cheating. Online sapphics, you sh...
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New Zealand’s High Court on Wednesday struck down regulations that banned new puberty blocker prescriptions for minors. The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. challenged the Health Ministry over the regulations it adopted in 2025. “The applicant success...
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I grew up on a cattle ranch, where the day’s first sounds were gates creaking, hooves shifting, and cows mooing across the pasture. I remember looking into animals’ eyes while feeding them and learning how different each was. Some were bold, some cautious; some wanted touch, some...
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I consider myself fortunate to be able to take an annual transatlantic cruise. When I began doing this, what were called repositioning cruises, moving ships to better climates for a different season, were fairly inexpensive, and never full. That is not the case today. Now they ar...
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A note from Brian: When it comes to sperm donation, most people immediately think of sperm banks. But banks are just one of several ways to find a donor, and each option comes with its own considerations around cost, access, legal protections, and the long-term implications for y...
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Two hundred and fifty years ago in Cumberland, R.I., the Publick Universal Friend proclaimed that the person who had formerly occupied their body (a young woman named Jemima Wilkinson) had died after a short battle with Typhus. After their death, their body was resurrected, reani...
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A thirty-minute documentary released this morning by the Young Turks features three male sex workers who say they were paid to have sex with the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who was long plagued by gay rumors despite his anti-LGBTQ+ policy stances. One man in the documenta...
