In 1983, the Food and Drug Administration instituted a ban on blood donations from men who have sex with other men in an attempt to keep HIV out of the nation’s blood supply. This came as the AIDS epidemic was ravaging queer communities, and contributed to a nationwide blood shortage at a time when
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A gay dad will not face charges after he punched a right-wing influencer who tricked him into a homophobic interview. 32-year-old David Vulin fulfilled a “pre-filing diversion," a program that allows certain people to fulfill requirements like community service or rehabilitation ...
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For over 25 years, OutYouth in Texas had a home at 909 E. 49th1/2 Street, affectionately known as The Little Blue Bungalow. In 2024, a water leak damaged the structure beyond reasonable repair, and now the group is building a new home on the same site. They have raised funds for ...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined forces with one of social media's most vitriolic anti-trans campaigners last week to drum a Navy Commander out of the service over her support for transgender healthcare. It was a one-two punch from Hegseth in service of the president's cr...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A Texas transgender rights organization has filed a petition in state court seeking to uncover who is behind an impersonation campaign it says has reached thousands of Texas residents ahead of the November 3 general election.The Tran...
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This year marks a quarter century of celebrating our community in the Blade’s annual Best Of LGBTQ D.C. Awards. The awards began 25 years ago as a way to highlight businesses, performers, activists, non-profits, allies, clergy, athletes, and others contributing to D.C.’s vibrant ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Trump administration has once again all but erased transgender people from reports about sexual violence in prisons and jails across the country — except to report data about trans people as perpetrators of violence. The same rep...
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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,...
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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...
