This story originally appeared on The Advocate. When Betsy Driver’s mother took her to medical appointments as a child, she asked whether other children were like her daughter. According to Driver, doctors told her no.Years later, Driver found people with the same intersex variation who had been tre
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A Democratic Senate candidate released an ad highlighting his opposition to trans rights just a week before election day. Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek's latest ad shows him using his experiences as a Paralympian to justify his opposition to trans people being allowed to participate...
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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is getting attention for a particularly pithy response to Donald Trump's claims that oil prices are "temporarily high." At a rally in Georgia this weekend, Trump said that oil prices are "temporarily high" and will be "falling dramat...
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During the sprint to the 2026 midterm elections, President Donald Trump has been focused on what’s really important: No, not the affordability crisis. Not his cratering approval ratings, either. We’re talking, of course, about Trump’s incessant focus on men’s bodies — which, to b...
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A new study from political science researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that people who are more sexist are also more likely to support restrictions on trans girls and women participating in women's sports. The study examined the beliefs of 1000 American a...
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Filippo Sorcinelli, an Italian tailor known for crafting vestments for Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, and Pope Leo XIV through his studio Atelier LAVS, is also a perfume mogul in his spare time. In a new interview with Dazed about his “conceptual perfume house” UNUM, he opened ...
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From the campaign ads and stump speeches of the president and his party, one might assume that their Democratic opponents are transgender children who are also Muslim communists from Somalia who lied about being raped by their stepfathers and about their citizenship status after ...
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A clip from The Daily Show's upcoming special, "Red Flags," exposes the ignorance of some MAGA Republicans, who claim to be voting against "communism" but have no idea what communism is. The two-minute clip shows Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper interviewing MAGA voters wh...
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A spokesperson for the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA mocked Democrats after the release of what has been billed as a shocking documentary about the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) employment of male sex workers. "Dear Democrats, This is why we called him Lad...
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Any hopes of seeing drag queen Trixie Mattel in Dead by Daylight seem to have gotten the axe.Prominent Dead by Daylight leaker and news account @dvveet shared alleged insider information about an unsuccessful collaboration between RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 3 winner Trix...
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There was a time when moving to Dupont Circle wasn't just a real estate decision. It was practically a declaration of independence. You weren't simply choosing an apartment. You were choosing a life. One where you could hold someone's hand on the sidewalk, flirt badly at a bar, o...
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The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 23 marking its healthcare center soon to open at 1115 U Street, N.W. in the heart of D.C.’s nightlife corridor. A statement released by AHF says its U Stre...
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds (R) purposefully and repeatedly misgendered a transgender woman during a tense exchange on the campaign trail. Video shared on social media shows the woman confronting Donalds about an anti-LGBTQ+ mailer she received from ...
