Donald Trump attacked former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg twice in the past day, blaming him for the problems the current administration is facing when it comes to air safety and also mocking Buttigieg for being married to a man. "When they took over, Buddha-dedge," Trump said, mispronoun
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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. Officially named the "Stop
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 feel how many people he
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-Idaho Conference at the
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 St. Petersburg, Flor
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 for the event go on
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 Congress until 2012
Underrated and mismarketed, Jennifer’s Body did not find its core audience of sapphic movie lovers until long after its release. I still remember the first time I watched it, in the early 2020s, having grown up believing the narrative that it was a movie that simply pandered to the “male gaze” with
Charges against two women who were arrested for kissing in public were dropped, prosecutors in Uganda confirmed earlier this month. The two women – Wendy Faith, a 22-year-old dancer, and Alesa Diana Denise, unemployed and 21 years old – were arrested in February after they moved into a studio apartm
Victoria Cruz, a veteran of the 1969 Stonewall uprising and unwavering advocate for survivors of violence, died on June 25 from liver cancer. Fierce, generous, and unyielding, Cruz emerged from Stonewall as a witness to history who would spend more than five decades helping to shape it. She became a
Donald Trump attacked former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg twice in the past day, blaming him for the problems the current administration is facing when it comes to air safety and also mocking Buttigieg for being married to a man. "When they took over, Buddha-dedge," Trump said, mispronoun
The Wanda Alston Foundation, which provides housing and support services for homeless LGBTQ youth in the D.C. metro area, announced on July 20 that its founding executive director, Brian Watson, has passed away. In a statement the Alston Foundation called Watson “one of Washington, D.C.,’s most pass
A 30-year-old Florida man who shot and paralyzed his 24-year-old LGBTQ+ neighbor after months of harassment pleaded guilty to attempted manslaughter and will now face seven years in prison. The attacker, Tyler Getchell, pleaded guilty last May 4 to shooting Kyle McFarlane. The Florida Times-Union re
President Donald Trump claimed last Wednesday that the CHIPS Act, a bipartisan law signed by former President Joe Biden to invest $52 billion to improve computer chip manufacturing in the U.S., required companies accepting the funding to be run by transgender executives. His claim is completely untr
The global organizing body for professional women's tennis will institute a new policy on Tuesday requiring all competitors to undergo testing to confirm their female sex. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced that the policy will "preserve the integrity of women’s professional tennis and m
A gold-colored statue of Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin, unveiled outside the Capitol yesterday, is facing heavy criticism online. The 12-foot statue was installed outside the Capitol building on Third Street on the National Mall and was paid for by a group of cryptocurrency investors, according to
One Iowa school district has learned the hard way that targeting teachers for helping students can be a real drag. Three teachers who were sanctioned for helping to facilitate a student-led drag show have received a settlement of $150,000 from Iowa’s Ankeny school district, per a July 20 report from
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Fox News host Jesse Watters warned jokingly that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to screen troops’ testosterone levels could contribute to a culture of sexual violence in the military, and the network has said nothing about it since“Yeah, I want t
Martin O’Donnell, a Trump-endorsed Republican and the composer of music for popular video games like Halo and Destiny, is challenging a Democratic incumbent in a race that could decide control of the House in the midterms. He called LGBTQ+ people part of the abyss that America is facing, in a video
A second transgender sex worker said she was hired by the recently deceased Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Her claim comes one week after another trans sex worker came forward with her own story about Graham. "Lindsey Graham was one of my clients. This transphobic, homophobic man can rot in hell," Tayl
The parents of a transgender teen who died by suicide earlier this year are speaking out about the toll Idaho’s anti-trans laws and the Trump administration’s anti-trans crusade took on their daughter. “You worry about that hatred being internalized, and that’s what happened to my kid,” Elyse Thorpe
This story originally appeared on Out. J.K. Rowling is back in the hot seat.The Harry Potter appears to be taking a break from X, after posting another flurry of transphobic rants against a British podcaster who is an out transgender woman.Freda Wallace became the latest target of the Rowling's ire
We have always said that this fight has never really been about trans people. It has been about control. It’s the power to define what people can and can’t do, how they can look, and how they can participate in society. It’s been a fight for basic rights that we’ve fought hard for over the last hund
Transphobes and racists have been mad ever since the cast for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey was announced in May — and they can stay mad. Despite their feeble attempts to boycott the film over casting Elliot Page as Sinon and Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy, the film grossed $124 million domestica
Donald Trump is being roasted for accidentally revealing his true height after standing next to someone who is actually the height that the president has long claimed to be. Trump has maintained for decades that he stands at six feet three inches, a height even confirmed by doctors on his White Hous
Frank Larue Asher, described by friends and family members as an acclaimed urban gardener who operated a nonprofit nursery business in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood from around 2008 until his retirement in 2018 when he moved to Cumberland, Md., and served on the board of a local museum, died July 15. His
Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, recently postulated that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a "really kinky" sex life. Biden made the comment during an appearance on the progressive political podcast, I've Had It, with host Jennifer Welch. Welch asked him which three MAGA men's laptops he
An Australian announcer is getting attention for his hot-mic moment in which he said Donald Trump could be edited out of a World Cup clip. Spain won the final match of the World Cup yesterday, and since the U.S. hosted the championship, Trump presented the trophy to the winning team at the stadium i
Attorneys for gay former FBI employee David Maltinsky, who was fired from his job as a non-agent employee at the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office in October 2025 after more than 16 years of service for displaying an LGBTQ Pride flag at his workstation, filed court papers on July 15 opposing a motion b
As a target of constant right-wing vitriol, elite shitposter Hunter Biden knows a thing or two about Republican hypocrisy, and he elaborated on the subject during an interview on the latest episode of the hit podcast I’ve Had It with Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan. In the episode, publish
Official executive agency social media accounts have been posting hateful content since Donald Trump took office again last year, but two memes shared last week drew particular attention. First, the White House posted "Patriot Guidelines" on Wednesday, presenting the correct and incorrect ways to th
A gay senior conservative politician in Germany resigned Saturday after facing outcry that he and his husband added to their family with the help of an American surrogate mother. The politician himself – Jens Spahn, the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Socia
Transgender medicine for everybody. That’s the rule now, that’s the goal.Look, it’s hard to bring a genuine smile to my face these days. Between dodging wildfire smoke and avoiding parasitic produce, the summer of 2026 has felt downright Biblical in a bad way. But the one thing I can rely on to make
By KYLE GOON | It was midmorning, and the March winds lashed against the faces of the players on the Ferals rugby team as they suited up at a park in Frederick. The turf was frozen. Harper Ockert, 24, wrapped her left knee with tape, stabilizing her joint for the jarring hits to come. She had strugg
Donald Trump's lesbian niece and clinical psychologist Mary Trump eviscerated her uncle's handling of the Texas floods, calling his recent comments on the tragedy a "grotesque display of self-promotion." The president recently visited the disaster zone where more than 130 people, including at least
A group of supporters crowded inside of the new Equality Loudoun Community Center in Leesburg, Va. on Saturday for an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony. Air quality issues stemming from the wildfires in Canada required the ceremony to be held indoors. Local elected officials were joined by LGBT
The one think that Donald Trump will never admit to being is a loser. That's especially true when he is one. So Trump took to television last Thursday to lie yet again about his defeat in the 2020 presidential election and to pave the way for disputing — if not outright discarding — the results of t
Since I was a teenager, I have liked sci-fi because of the depth with which it explores social issues. At the time, I didn’t know that I was autistic and queer, so I couldn’t see myself in other autistic and queer people. Instead, I saw myself in androids, mutants, telepaths, and sometimes aliens wh
A converted arts space in an unconsecrated church in Sydney is at the center of a row over free speech between Catholic organizations and LGBTQ+ artists in Australia's first city. The diminutive 150-year-old building, in the heart of Sydney’s central business district, hasn't been a church since the
JR.'s Bar held a "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars" watch party followed by a live drag show on Friday, July 17. The Vitamin C weekly drag show was hosted by Citrine with performers Brooke N Hyman and Rosie Beret. (Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford) The post PHOTOS: Vitamin C at JR.'s appea
A trans staff member at the University of Kansas is speaking out after someone reported her for using the women's restroom in violation of the state's anti-trans bathroom ban. Siobhán Kirchstein works as a janitor at the school's Kansas Geological Survey. She told the Lawrence Times she has used the
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