This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Are transgender people no longer an effective scapegoat for the GOP? One Texas Republican leader says attacks on gender identity are falling flat in Lone Star State elections.Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan told Texas Monthly that Republicans foc
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The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center will host “The Art of Belonging, a Fall Reception & Art Auction” on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at 1827 Wiltberger St. NW. This event will celebrate 10 years of Center Arts Gallery, an arts & cultural offering of The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center. Char...
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Friday, October 16 Trans and Genderqueer Game Night will be at 7 p.m. at the DC LGBTQ+ Community Center. This is a relaxing, laid-back evening of games and fun. All are welcome and there’ll be card and board games on hand. Feel free to bring your own games to share. For more deta...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.President Donald Trump fired White House press secretary Katie Zacharia on Friday after just five days on the job, The New York Times reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.The firing followed Trump’s public admission...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved a new National Human Rights Strategy earlier this month that includes new protections for LGBTQ+ people. The strategy, which was signed on October 12 and published on October 15, sets out human rights objectives for the Eastern Eur...
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US Senate candidate James Talarico once again faced a question this week about asserting that “God is nonbinary,” noting this time that MAGA hero Charlie Kirk said essentially the same thing. On Wednesday, the Texas Democrat took part in a televised town hall hosted by CNN and Ju...
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The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was mocked online on Tuesday after she held her first briefing because of her noticeable lack of public speaking skills, her likely false claim that she is a lawyer, and her unwillingness to take many questions from the press, ...
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Long before drag performers had their own television shows, podcasts, and social media followings in the millions, they were creating their own media. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially, sisters were doing it for themselves, creating their own DIY zines. Los Angeles’s ...
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The new dollar coin with Donald Trump's face on it is set to be released next month, and one administration official is telling conservatives to patronize liberal businesses with the coin to "watch their heads explode." But people pointed out that giving liberals money is probabl...
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After months of controversy, Martha’s, a queer women’s sports bar in Philadelphia, announced on Thursday in an Instagram post that it will close its doors this weekend after roughly a year in operation. “It is with heavy hearts that we have decided to close Marsha’s doors for goo...
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Righteous mischief managed. Protesters stormed the red carpet in support of transgender rights at a Thursday gala performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London’s West End, The Independent reported.The masked protestors laid down on the red carpet as celebrities tried...
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Close to 200 mostly local LGBTQ community members and activists turned out on Thursday, Oct. 15, for the 20th anniversary celebration for the D.C. Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs. The event, which took place at the Penn Social event hall in downtown D.C., included remarks by D.C....
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MAGA devotee Mark Da Costa has shut down his restaurant after just six weeks, mocking queer people in a social media post announcing the eatery's closure. Da Costa, who once performed on the reality TV singing competition Australian Idol, opened the Bueno Eatery in the Newtown ne...
