LGBTQ

The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio will direct $2 million to provide no-cost detransition healthcare services for the minuscule number of trans people who detransition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Friday. Though the hospital already provided detransition care, its publicized pledge makes it the second major health system in the nation to make such

Deep red states across the country have rolled out anti-Pride alternatives to Pride month recently, inspired by so-called Christian values, and riding the Trump administration’s own anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. However, legislation to create a federal “family month” in June has not gained any serious traction, even amongst Republican Congress members. But advocates for the same anti-Pride

Gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, who stepped down last March as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., had his $1 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd thrown out by a judge last Friday because, it turns out, Redd never actually signed any contract with

Disgraced former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) mounted a political comeback of sorts, Politico reported in a June 8 article, claiming that Venezuela’s vice president had promised him a literal gold mine if he got the U.S. to improve diplomatic relations between the countries. Schock recently visited a Venezuelan town renowned for its gold prospecting. The

About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-gay slurs. Pride attendees booed them, recorded their activities, walked around them with

Republicans’ increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a “bi, poly, switch, fat, femme, dyke witch” — coordinated with the co-organizers

A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the “electoral penalty” of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gender presentation: male candidates, gay and straight, who don’t conform to

Billionaire Elon Musk’s estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is “the best.” Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual store. Video of the moment shows Wilsom smiling

People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1.     “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?” 2.     “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related Both of these questions are very simple to answer. Dive deeper every day Join our newsletter for

Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters holding “Gays for Gaza” signs outside, saying they “might as well hold

Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is “very happy” to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. “People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] ‘she’s not gay, she’s pan,’ or ‘she’s had boyfriends,” Delevingne told Variety in a May 29 interview. “I’m like, yes

A silhouette of a person who is believed to be an ICE detainee is shown inside Delaney Hall, in Newark. Dozens of protestors chanted and played music outside the facility late Monday night, May 25, 2026. | © Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images At least 18 ICE detainees have died

A 54-year-old man named Mark McMinn pleaded guilty to threatening and abusive behavior on Wednesday and was fined £200 ($267) for harassing a transgender woman at a May 6 karaoke event at the Cloch Caravan Park of Gourock, Scotland (a town 28 miles west of Glasgow). The woman he harassed was hanging out with friends

It can be easy to forget about gubernatorial races as we head towards the midterms. They are, ultimately, state-level elections at a time when we’re focused on national problems. The balance of power in the Senate and the House of Representatives is the focal point for many of us as we hunt for a way

A new poll conducted by GLAAD ahead of Pride Month shows that large majorities of Americans support companies that support Pride as well as politicians who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. The poll found that 68% of registered voters agreed that companies and brands should be able to show support to the LGBTQ+ community. Additionally, 61% believe

Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump is obese and lying about his weight. Steele also noted a recent YouGov poll in which 66% of Americans said that an “average American” could beat Trump in a fight. In an MS NOW column, Steele noted that military troops hoping

Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter in the Oval Office yesterday who asked him a question about his $1.8 billion fund that he had the Department of Justice approve to disburse money to people he believes were unfairly targeted by the criminal justice system under President Joe Biden, including the Capitol rioters of January

Four months after his prison sentence was commuted by Donald Trump, George Santos went on social media to say that he’d be at the State of the Union (SOTU) address in February to cheer the president on. “I’m going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys,” Santos said in a

Heterosexual actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery on Wednesday related to a February incident in which he assaulted two men and called them “fa***ts” during an altercation amid the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana. LaBeouf insinuated that the altercation occurred because of inappropriate touching from the men, though

With Pride organizations facing corporate retreat in the wake of President Trump’s assault on the LGBTQ+ community and DEI efforts, Phoenix Pride announced on Thursday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group cited “rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, shifts in sponsorship and fundraising partly due to the current political climate and administration.”

On the first day of Pride Month, Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood (D) shared the story of a tense encounter he had at a March town hall meeting, which he says is a lesson that “democracy demands.” “I’m not intimidated and I’ll never back down from a fight. That is what democracy demands, and this

Christian nationalist hate pastor Joel Webbon — a man who blames Jewish people for everything he hates and thinks maybe Adolf Hitler wasn’t so bad after all — said in a May 30 X video that Christian men should smoke tobacco to help restore the nation because marijuana makes men “spiritually gay.” “I think you know one

Pattie Gonia, the trail-trekking environmental activist drag queen, is fighting back over a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Patagonia, the company whose name resembles her own. The adventure sports and wilderness corporation, well known for investing its profits to support its own environmental activism, sued the drag queen in January, claiming her use of her

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the city of Denton for hosting the “Big Gay Swim Day,” a private Pride month pool event scheduled for June 7 at the city’s Civic Center. Paxton alleged that the event’s changing rooms will violate the Texas Women’s Privacy Act. The state law requires publicly-funded sex-segregated spaces — like

Chicago, Illinois. Oct. 3, 2025. Gregory Bovino visits with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at the ICE facility in Chicago to observe enforcement operations | Shutterstock Gregory Bovino — the now-former tactical commander-at-large for U.S. Border Patrol official who oversaw the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaigns in U.S. cities before Trump removed him last

A federal court ruled against Donald Trump’s transgender military ban earlier today. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled 2-1 in Talbott v. USA that the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military is a policy designed to target a group of people based on

When Pornhub released its most-watched categories of 2025, queer-themed content held the top two spots: “Lesbian” was the most viewed category, and “Transgender” was the second most viewed, up five spots from 2024. The global appetite for LGBTQ adult content is increasing in tandem with the explosion of AI porn. Over the last year, Google searches for

The Southern United States’ first out lesbian Episcopal bishop was officially installed as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina last Saturday. The Rev. Sarah Fisher, 54, was elected last November by a simple majority on the third ballot, the Christian Post reports. In her response to essay questions provided to the

State Sen. Scott Wiener (D) of California, a gay and Jewish candidate for Congress from San Francisco, is speaking out over a decision by organizers of Rome Pride to bar a major Jewish LGBTQ+ organization from the event because it “failed to distance itself from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.” “This is straight up antisemitic

Though it seems routine by now, each time I hear Donald Trump verbally attack journalists, particularly women of color, who are doing their job by asking him hard questions, I feel as though he has punched me in the gut, making me almost want to scream out against this monster bully-in-chief. With his verbal assaults,