The 2026 Shenandoah Valley Pride Festival was held at Turner Pavilion in Harrisonburg, Va. on Sunday, Sept. 20. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
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Two-thirds of straight women and one-third of straight men are unwilling to date a bisexual person of the opposite sex, according to a YouGov poll published today, during Bisexuality Visibility Week. The poll illustrates how lingering stereotypes negatively affect people's impres...
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Freedom Fest — a MAGA event featuring 55-year-old anti-LGBTQ+ musician Kid Rock — has been canceled after selling just six $1,000 VIP tickets to the otherwise free event. The event was set to feature 68-year-old US House candidate Ed Gallrein (R-KY), 54-year-old Rep. James Comer ...
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An AI-generated political ad released on September 15 targets Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) by insinuating that he's feminine. It's just the latest ad using misogyny and homophobic innuendo to attack a young progressive Democrat. In the 30-second ad, a woman at a beauty salon says of th...
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Advocates, public health experts, and healthcare providers gathered for the United States Conference on HIV/AIDS on Sept. 17 in Anaheim, Calif. The conference is the largest of its kind in the nation and came amid a wave of new challenges for HIV research and treatment. Since the...
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A new poll found that Pete Buttigieg is the most popular likely 2028 presidential candidate among Democratic voters and the second most popular person Democrats were asked about overall, more popular than Mr. Rogers. The poll, conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics for th...
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Detectives investigating the stabbing of three men outside a gay bar in Liverpool, England have arrested three suspects. Merseyside Police arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of two counts of attempted murder, a 22-year-old man on suspicion of two counts of "wounding," and an...
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Over the weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom went on a bill-vetoing spree. Among those that he shot down was a bill that prevented California from extraditing patients or providers as part of another state’s investigations into gender-affirming or reproductive care. “I am r...
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The fallout from Donald Trump's decision to illegally rename the Kennedy Center to give himself top billing continues to grow, creating an embarrassing situation for the president. As it turns out, artists don't want their work associated with Trump, despite legal threats from Ri...
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Bisexual Awareness Week is upon us and what an amazing time of year it is! The crisp winds of fall are beginning to blow; Libra season is nigh; and bisexuals everywhere are rejoicing — and if you’re not bi yourself, you should still be celebrating, too!As the largest contingent o...
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A new video game based on Marvel Comics’ X-Men characters has been censored to remove references to LGBTQ+ content for its release in the Middle East, according to fans in the region. Over the weekend, players on social media began sharing screenshots and video clips from Marvel’...
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Imagine this. Huge, beefy men are tumbling over each other, a mess of biceps, calves, and thighs, slick with sweat, bodies glistening, hair wet and plastered to their faces and necks. If you thought I was describing a heated gay sex scene, you’d be wrong. I’m actually referring t...
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Uncloseted Media published this story on Sept. 22. By EMMA PAIDRA | Claire, a 25-year-old Los Angeles resident, distinctly remembers the night she and her ex-girlfriend broke up. “She was strangling me in a CVS parking lot,” Claire recalls, adding how she was gasping for air as b...
