The Republican midterm convention, held last week in Dallas, was a dud by any measure. The convention hall was half-empty at best, the event tanked in the ratings, and even Republican strategists admitted that it would do nothing to help the party in the midterms. Basically, the party spent $40 mill
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How’s this for a game of Gay Mad Libs? RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Briar Blush has been engaged in a bitter, weeklong back-and-forth with rapper Azealia Banks on X. The Twitter drama began with season 18 contestant Briar commenting on another female rapper, namely the MAGA-fied...
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Here's a real headline that ran on Advocate yesterday: "Democrats haven’t yet won control of Congress, but their retreat on trans rights is already underway." A retreat? Considering how strong Democrats have stood on trans issues at the federal level since the wave of anti-trans ...
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A court in New York rejected a claim last week from a religious clothing retailer that her constitutional rights were violated when she was fined for refusing to sell a wedding jumpsuit to a lesbian woman. She'll now have to pay $5,000 in damages and a $20,000 fine. It all starte...
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Several thousand people turned out on Oct. 27 for the 39th annual 17th Street High Heel Race, considered one of the city’s largest LGBTQ events that welcomes all city residents to celebrate Halloween. Started in 1986 by customers and staff at the 17th Street gay bar JR’s as a rac...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Dolores Huerta, the labor rights activist, civil rights leader, and United Farm Workers co-founder, died Wednesday surrounded by family at her home in Bakersfield, California. She was 96.Family spokesperson Erik Olvera told The Assoc...
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This year, the Human Rights Campaign found that a record-breaking 12% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ, representing about 25.6 million people, according to a study of U.S. Census data. This record-high figure, combined with declining approval ratings for President Donald Trump, ...
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When New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz collapsed at his desk in the paper's newsroom, just days before Christmas in 1990, few of his colleagues knew for certain that he was gay – he'd only shared that fact with a close circle of friends and family – and none were aware he h...
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Someone has been sending mailers and text messages to millions of Texas voters claiming to be from a transgender organization. The mailers, addressed to children in the households, appear to be designed to stir up anger at trans people just before the midterm elections. Now lawye...
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The Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted the 39th annual High Heel Race on Tuesday, a drag tradition that began back on Halloween 1986. LGBTQ+ Halloween celebrations often have rich local histories — from Florida’s Wicked Manors to New York City’s Greenwich Village Parade. For Wa...
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The United States Department of Education on Tuesday posted an image to X inspired by a popular Harry Potter gender-swapped fanfiction trend known as “Malfoid.” It is not clear whether the reference was intentional.The image in question features the “Golden Trio” of Harry, Ron, a...
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Trans people have become a major focus of political discussion in recent years, and as candidates across the political spectrum run anti-trans ads, the work of trans journalists is crucial. But several trans journalists spoke out recently about the danger inherent in their work i...
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Texas Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico (D) eviscerated his opponent, anti-LGBTQ+ Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), after Paxton appeared not to know the age of the United States when speaking at a rally. "On July 4th, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of our countr...
