Turkey cracks down on LGBTQ+ activism with raids and arrests nationwide How many people were arrested: 47 people across 12 provinces were arrested during government raids last weekend, and another 126 people were arrested during the week amid protests against the anti-LGBTQ+ raids. This is part of t
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One of the biggest headaches of the new home process is the actual moving part. By the time someone is buying a home, most people are beyond the “I just need a pickup truck, a pizza and a case of beer for my friends.” If that is still someone’s preferred way to move, that’s great...
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Despite a U.S. political climate that has made electric vehicles about as welcome as a vegan at a Texas barbecue, automakers haven’t gotten the memo. The 2027 BMW iX3 and Rivian R2—in showrooms soon—prove the point. But think of them as distant cousins: one arrives impeccably dre...
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The fall books season offers lots of options so curl up and get ready to read. FICTION For the mystery fan who likes a sprinkle of thriller, look for “The Longest Death” by Kevin Jagernauth (Soho Crime, December). Richard Cobson hates his small town, he’s bored and desperate to g...
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The Tennessee Christian Preparatory School in Cleveland will have to pay gay teenager Morgan Armstrong $10,000 in a settlement approved on Monday, after the school blocked her from graduating and withheld her diploma after she came out on Facebook. On April 23, 2025, Armstrong po...
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The United States treats trans kids poorly. State legislatures and school boards are instituting bans on appropriate inclusion in school sports, the right to use the correct bathroom, and access to gender-affirming care. We have evidence and research on both the short- and long-t...
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Caitlyn Jenner appeared on Tomi Lahren's Fox Nation podcast this week to "break her silence" with an hour of slurred rambling. During the interview, she mentioned that, due to Donald Trump's anti-trans executive orders, her passport now says she's male, curtailing her ability to ...
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Fifteen years ago this month, the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” took effect. At the time, the importance of the change was obvious: gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans would no longer have to hide who they were to wear the uniform. What was harder to see was what would follo...
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Notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ professional mixed-martial artist Sean Strickland says he wants to “beat the s*** out of” Elliot Page. Earlier this week, Championship Rounds, an MMA news account “powered by” online gambling platform Rainbet, shared an X post featuring a video of Strickla...
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President Donald Trump trolled opponents of his disastrous Kennedy Center takeover on Wednesday night with a stage-managed glimpse into Air Force One. Trump was seen from the tarmac reviewing a poster board depicting heavy machinery tearing down the living memorial to President K...
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The president's lesbian psychologist niece, Mary Trump, recently took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test used to assess an adult's cognitive impairment and dysfunctions. Donald Trump bragged about acing the test in the past. But even though she did well on the MoCA ...
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The anti-trans right consistently claims that trans-inclusive policies are akin to letting "men" take over women's spaces, and a recent experience at a Brandi Carlile concert reminded me of the real issue here: cis men who are unable to let women have a space, even for an evening...
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More than 2,000 supporters of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts turned out on Sept. 18, for a rally in support of the performing arts center and a vocal protest against President Donald Trump’s threats to permanently close the center and possibly demolish it. The...
