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Attorney General Ken Paxton, shown in May 26, 2023 photo. | Jay Janner/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked his supporters at a rally to harass everyone they know until they vote Republican. Paxton is running for a US Senate seat and may pull off what some thought was impossible

Donald Trump had a fairly ironic – and perhaps telling – memory lapse. Talking with New York Magazine, Trump said that his father, Fred Trump, had no health problems except for one. Related Trump’s doctors are monitoring “the progress of his dementia and/or strokes,” psychologist says “He had one problem,” Trump said. “At a certain

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s tendency to lash out at both senior advisers and junior staffers has reportedly led to unusually high turnover and tension within his department at a time when he has been tasked with solving a host of economic challenges. Since Bessent was sworn in in late January 2025, dozens of officials have

Donald Trump’s desperate anti-trans campaign against cisgender South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews continued Wednesday, with the president posting a vile attack ad suggesting transgender women pose a threat to children. The clip, which the president posted via his Truth Social account, depicts a bearded man in a pink wig, pink blouse, and skirt

A 39-year-old man accused of stabbing his 28-year-old girlfriend and 11-month-old daughter told a court that he was trying to defend himself against “gay ghosts” who appeared next to him in bed and propositioned him for sex. Though a psychiatrist testified on the man’s behalf, on Friday, a court found him guilty, believing instead the

The town commissioners of Livingston, Montana voted last Saturday to “immediately temporarily suspend” a filming permit for a movie tentatively titled Pawn Shop, a pro-ICE feature film produced by the anti-LGBTQ+, right-wing media outlet The Daily Wire. The pro-ICE film reportedly depicts ICE-shooting victim Renee Good — a queer, blonde-hair mother of three — as

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on the October 3 installment of The Axios Show that President Donald Trump told him that he’s breaking the hearts of First Lady Melania Trump’s friends when they ask to be introduced to him and are then informed that he’s gay. “He’ll occasionally tell me: ‘You’re breaking Melania’s friends’ hearts.

Christian YouTuber Gabe Poirot claimed to have met a very manly Jesus in heaven during his 18-day coma following his near-death skateboarding accident in 2021. He spoke to Fox News about the alleged meeting last March, and clips from that interview have begun recirculating on social media, especially his claim that Jesus is not “soft,”

The Palm Beach County Republican Party of Florida on Monday endorsed Mike Caruso, who is running for clerk of the circuit court and comptroller, The Miami Herald reported. Police arrested Caruso on August 18 on five felony charges of kidnapping, molestation, and child abuse connected to his alleged sexual abuse of a male relative under

This November, voters in six states will decide on eight LGBTQ+-related ballot measures, including four anti-trans sports bans in Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska, and Washington; two measures restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in Colorado and Missouri; a measure that could out LGBTQ+ kids to their potentially unsupportive parents in Washington; and one pro-LGBTQ+ measure to

President Donald Trump walks on stage to give a speech on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, at Fort Bragg. | Andrew Craft / USA TODAY NETWORK A CNN host was audibly stunned by Donald Trump’s latest strange comments about “young, handsome men,” so much so that her exasperated one-word comment was picked up by a hot

Autocratic dictators (“strongmen”) depend on their dehumanization playbooks to take action against specific internal and external groups to gain and retain ever-increasing rates of power. Dehumanization is the process and practice of denying others their full humanity, making them appear less than human, subhuman, targeting everyone the regime defines as “outgroups” (or as German fascists

Students and teachers rallied to support a transgender high school student who was selected as homecoming queen by her peers, causing backlash from angry adults. Sammi, a student at Pennsylvania’s Fairfield High School, was crowned queen of the annual homecoming dance the night of Saturday, September 26, after winning the most votes from her fellow

Donald Trump said in an interview yesterday that voters should treat the 2026 midterms as if he is on the ballot, while bringing up how he is going to make “transgender… end.” Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who is now a Fox News host, asked Trump on his show yesterday about the upcoming midterms, in

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) spoke at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner last Saturday, where she told the more than 2000 attendees that “fighting for basic fundamental freedoms is the right thing to do and the politically smart thing to do every time.” As the keynote speaker, Whitmer emphasized the need to fight for

Dr. Anthony Fauci received the International Role Model Award last Sunday from the LGBTQ+ history organization, Equality Forum, for his work during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis. In his acceptance speech, Fauci gushed about the connection he has built with the LGBTQ+ community through this work. Related “Over these many decades I have not

Donald Trump claimed that he’s going to allow two men – Enes Kanter Freedom and Dennis Rodman – to play women’s basketball. While Kanter Freedom is one of two male basketball players who have been claiming that they will try out for the WNBA to protest the women’s basketball league for allowing transgender women to

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton released a bizarrely sapphic campaign ad showing an intimate, secret moment between two young women sitting on a bed in a dimly lit bedroom decorated with a Progress Pride flag in the background as soft music plays. In the ad, an awkward young woman with blue hair wearing a “RESIST”

The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) voted 5-3 in a virtual meeting without public comment on Thursday to deny a $13,000 grant to the Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus and a nearly $4,000 grant to Spartanburg’s Proud Mary Theatre Company, despite approving $3.7 million in taxpayer-funded grants to over 170 other arts organizations, The South Carolina

A federal judge ruled on September 28 that a Christian-owned machine parts manufacturer in New Hampshire can’t dismiss a transgender employee’s discrimination lawsuit under a religious exemption claim. However, the judge also dismissed the employee’s claim that the company’s refusal to cover her gender-affirming healthcare illegally discriminated against her disability. Lillian Bernier began working for

Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian activist Sean Feucht said in a video published on September 29 that the entire state of Minnesota has been “hijacked with toxic empathy towards … the LGTBQ community,” Muslims, and “so many other groups” that have allegedly “hijacked the niceness or the empathy of the church.” In his conversation with former NFL player

A queer pop star in Turkey is facing obscenity charges for showing two men dancing together in a music video. A court in Istanbul received an indictment from Turkish prosecutors who claim that Mabel Matiz’s video for “Ha Leyli” violates the country’s obscenity laws. If convicted, he could get six months to three years in

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) on Tuesday posted a social media message mocking Democratic Senate candidates for not being “normal.” However, it quickly backfired when gay Sen. Chris Pappas (D-NH) pointed out that the NRSC once supported former Sen. John Sununu (R-NH), whose name appears in the federal investigatory files of convicted child sex

Investigations by the Tucson Police Department (TPD) in Arizona have revealed a possible motive in the August 31st double murder-suicide that occurred outside of the Venture-N-Bar, a queer drinking spot. The gun violence took the lives of 42-year-old bartender Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 33-year-old photographer Cameron Davis Capara, and 44-year-old murderer Ousman Ceesay. A TPD search

Japanese volleyball just got gayer. In back-to-back spikes this week, not one but two prominent players came out as LGBTQ+, the first serving as an inspiration for the second. Related On Tuesday, outside hitter for Osaka’s Suntory Sunbirds, Rui Takahashi, came out on social media. The popular player cited his brother, a teammate in the

In a study described as “shocking,” “worrying,” and “frightening,” only about 22% of schoolboys in the Netherlands between the ages of 12 and 16 have a positive view of homosexuality, according to the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children survey, Dutch News reported. The percentage is 18% lower than was measured four years ago. One researcher

Ana Brnabić has become acting president of Serbia, making her the first out gay woman to serve as president of an East European Balkan country. A ceremony making her president occurred on Monday at the presidential residence in central Belgrade. “It is a great honor for me to receive this position from such a person,

A new study from the Human Rights Campaign reveals the corrosive effects of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation – and the local school-level policies reinforcing it – on mental health, academic performance, and the overall well-being of LGBTQ+ students. LGBTQ+ students are much more likely than non-LGBTQ+ students to report having experienced harassment and bullying in the 17

Two students are suing their Minnesota school district over a recently adopted policy banning Pride flags, rainbow stickers, and other symbols of support for the LGBTQ+ community. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota last week on behalf of the students and their parents, claims the Detroit Lakes Public School District