Asexual people around the world face pathologization, discrimination, and violence, according to a new report from Outright International. The LGBTQ+ rights organization teamed with British asexual activist Yasmin Benoit and asexual advocates from Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Hungary, India, Ind
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Questions about how high-level political appointees wield their power have long persisted, particularly under the Trump-Vance administration. Now, allegations involving openly gay Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Ric Grenell, White House adviser Alina Habba, and he...
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New Zealand's High Court on Wednesday struck down the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth, ruling that the measures were passed unlawfully and amounted to unjustified discrimination. The decision is a victory for advocates who challenged the rules, which followe...
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A Florida woman is suing the city council that suspended her after her history of obscene, racist and homophobic tweets was uncovered and published in a local paper. The councilwoman, Judi Fike, was appointed to her seat in Groveland, Florida last year and is running for a full t...
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Earlier this year, out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk and MAGA conspiracy theorist who was sentenced to years in prison for tampering with voting machines. And new evidence shows that the White House held a "brai...
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Vice President JD Vance is being brutally mocked after a video circulated online of an entire NFL team ignoring him. The video shows Vance standing outside the locker room of the Cincinnati Bengals as the players file in from practice. Presumably, Vance was standing there to gree...
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After being promised and later denied funding by the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus has now raised over $42,000 via GoFundMe to make up the shortfall, already surpassing its original $40,000 goal. “It just really encouraged all of the chorus membe...
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Billionaire anti-trans activist J.K. Rowling published an essay this week in which she attempts to make the case that trans rights activism is “elitist.” The Harry Potter author framed the piece, posted October 21 on her personal website, as an “update” to her infamous June 2020 ...
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A married gay couple is suing a solar installation company after they say they were harassed by fellow workers, targeted by management, and fired without notice. Wilmer Muchacho, 46, and Jose Cordero, 30, allege in a lawsuit filed last week in Maine District Court that employees ...
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Sophia Bush sat down with host Alex Cooper on the megapopular podcast Call Her Daddy this week to clear up misconceptions about her relationship timeline with soccer star Ashlyn Harris, denying longstanding rumors that their connection began with cheating. Online sapphics, you sh...
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New Zealand’s High Court on Wednesday struck down regulations that banned new puberty blocker prescriptions for minors. The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. challenged the Health Ministry over the regulations it adopted in 2025. “The applicant success...
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I grew up on a cattle ranch, where the day’s first sounds were gates creaking, hooves shifting, and cows mooing across the pasture. I remember looking into animals’ eyes while feeding them and learning how different each was. Some were bold, some cautious; some wanted touch, some...
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I consider myself fortunate to be able to take an annual transatlantic cruise. When I began doing this, what were called repositioning cruises, moving ships to better climates for a different season, were fairly inexpensive, and never full. That is not the case today. Now they ar...
