A politician who spoke out against LGBTQ+ individuals has been sentenced to prison. The individual pleaded guilty to distributing child sex abuse material. This person had previously made accusations that certain groups were harmful to children.
A judge noted that the material shared was particularly severe. The politician had been recognized by a group for their work, but now faces a lengthy prison term. Further details about the case are available from the source.
This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. Jennifer Sey had been waiting for an athlete like Sophie Cunningham. Related What the deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos tells us about the state of MAGA Sey, the founder of XX-X...
Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million ($35.24 million) to settle a lawsuit in the UK over allegations it shared users' HIV status and other personal information with third parties. The BBC on Monday reported a lawsuit was filed in the High Court of England and Wales in 2024. A cla...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy are awarding a total of $10 million in grants in the 2027 fiscal year to nonprofit organizations that work to prevent hate crimes in the state. The funds will be used to support those who feel target...
When Native American Two-Spirit Hosteen Klah first met transcendental religious scholar Mary Cabot Wheelwright, he likely had no idea their friendship would help establish a museum to preserve his culture for over 100 years. Sadly, he died right before its opening, but its existe...
New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas on Tuesday won the Democratic primary in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in the U.S. Senate. Pappas defeated Karishma Manzur, who was his primary challenger, by a 61.8-36.1 percent margin. The gay congressman w...
Precious Arzuaga and Jennifer Quijano have been sentenced to life in prison without parole for their role as "ringleaders" in the brutal early 2025 torture and killing of 24-year-old trans man Sam Nordquist. During the sentencing, Nordquist's mother and sister spoke, and Arzuaga ...
Colorado’s second-largest school district, Jefferson County Public Schools (Jeffco), has made history as one of the few local school districts to sue the Trump administration for its threats to cut off federal education funding unless the district drops its policies accommodating...
A newborn baby died after contracting measles in Pennsylvania last month, and, as if it wasn’t enough grief for his parents, anti-vax activists are trying to track down and harass his family. Apparently, Gov. Josh Shapiro tangled with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his “inaccurate an...
The Department of Health and Human Services has embraced an unfinished report from a Princeton think tank that it claims shows a link between support for "gender ideology," political violence, and left-wing authoritarianism. It appears officials at the federal agency jumped the g...
When Ben Shapiro fires verbal shots at Nick Offerman’s masculinity, how does the Parks and Recreation actor respond? Spoiler: he doesn’t. While sitting down with Sam Fragoso of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso for an interview published over Labor Day weekend, the talk show host shared...
This story originally appeared on Out.The sapphernet is going wild with speculation that Black Panther, Wakanda Forever and Avengers Doomsday star Letitia Wright has married a woman known only as Angel-Vicki, based on photos circulating online. This all started following press ni...
There has been plenty of speculation about Donald Trump’s mental health, from his proud claims that he is regularly acing cognitive tests (which they keep giving him anyway) to experts sounding the alarm about dementia. Now Trump’s gay niece, Mary Trump, is adding to that specula...