Amy Paris worked for the federal government in various critical capacities for the past 10 years. She was critical to helping the Biden administration implement trans-inclusive policies and most recently served as deputy digital services lead in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), whe
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Released just yesterday, the new PlayStation 5 game Marvel’s Wolverine is apparently not as gay as a developer’s comment may have made it sound.In The Washington Post review of the game, Insomniac Games narrative director Walt Williams was quoted discussing the back-and-forth, lo...
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The city council of Southlake, Texas — one of the wealthiest cities in the US — voted unanimously on Tuesday night to deny a permit to Pride So-Kel, a community Pride festival planned for October 3 on the 10-acre property of St. Martin-in-the-Field, an Episcopal church. While one...
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) told Fox News today that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) adjourned the US House early today to block a potential vote on Massie's eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The House will not reconvene until after the Novembe...
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U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first out trans person in Congress, asked her Democratic House colleagues in a September 14 letter to support her bid to become one of the next co-chairs of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. The committee develops caucus-wide ...
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Dumb, dumber, dumbest, and evil. Any of the felon’s Cabinet and close aides could fit these terms depending on the discussion. You have Commerce Secretary Lutnick saying “no American military were killed in Iran war.” Then it was reported our venal Vice President JD Vance said, “...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride secured the Democratic nomination for a second term representing Delaware on Tuesday without facing a primary challenger. By Wednesday, she was back to emphasizing the work rather than the history.McBride, the...
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Leaves have scarcely turned, but throughout the DMV, the fall theater season is well underway. In Arlington, Signature Theatre got a jump on the season with Stephen Sondheim's musical “Merrily We Roll Along” (through Nov. 1). Told entirely in reverse chronological order, this sto...
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Written by Shar Jossell Some things fade. Pictures rip, memories blur, and whole ways of being go undocumented. BE3K paints against that erasure. A member of GLAAD's 2026 EMEI cohort, the New Orleans-based figurative painter preserves the rituals and intimate moments that define ...
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Gay people, this is not a drill. Multi-hyphenate lesbian super model Lauren Chan will be joining the cast of Heated Rivalry for season 2. Here at Them, we’re big fans of Lauren. In fact, this very publication literally named Chan “The Hottest Women on Earth” in 2025, so talk abou...
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Rob Sand, a Democrat running for governor in Iowa, has been trying to portray himself as being outside of the left-and-right dichotomies of politics and “culture wars.” Part of that political styling now appears to include claiming to support trans rights while opposing trans inc...
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Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained in three words why the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday was so terrible. "Weakest performance ever," Buttigieg said on CNN after the speech, noting that the speech received low approval ratings from voters, mu...
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A tangled domestic violence case in Delaware has led the alleged victim to sue the state's attorney general and the University of Delaware over accusations of racism and homophobia. Tymothy ‘Ty’ Moyer is suing both the attorney general's office and the university over actions in ...
