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The view outside Rikki’s Women’s Sports Bar in San Francisco’s Castro district Women’s sports bars are scoring big gains in 2025, with plans in the works that will quadruple their numbers by the end of the year. That’s according to an NBC News analysis which cites three new bars already opened this year, with 14

Elon Musk during the Division I Men’s Wrestling Championship held at Wells Fargo Center on March 22, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two “insiders” with the Social Security Administration (SSA) warn that the recent accessing of personal Social Security information by billionaire transphobe Elon Musk and agents of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could

Elon Musk’s trans daughter Vivian Wilson epically clapped back after her anti-trans billionaire father misgendered her, deadnamed her, and declared she had “died.” Musk was responding to a user on X who was defending the DOGE head from accusations he’s a Nazi, despite the fact that only hours after Donald Trump began his second term,

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Tony-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein claims he and his plays have been banned from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts following President Donald Trump’s recent takeover of the institution. On Tuesday, March 18, Fierstein posted a statement on Instagram blasting Trump, who announced in February his plans to fire members of the Kennedy

A source inside the White House told MSNBC Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough that Elon Musk’s role as Donald Trump’s fall guy is losing its luster for the president. Scarborough was responding to videos of angry constituents yelling at Republican lawmakers during town halls. “I talked to a source very close to the White House and

President Donald Trump pumps his first as the crowd chants “fight, fight, fight!” during the inauguration parade for President Donald Trump at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. “The sky is falling!” Henny Penny (also known as Chicken Little) announced in stunned amazement. “A piece of it fell on my head.” “No,”

Jul 17, 2024; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum. The third day of the RNC focused on foreign policy and threats. Anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has refused to attend a public town hall planned by her constituents because she claims it

Residents of Cleveland County, North Carolina are blasting their local school board for banning a high school club’s LGBTQ+ trivia game. As the Charlotte Observer reported, the ACLU of North Carolina has sued the Cleveland County Board of Education and superintendent Stephen Fisher on behalf of one Shelby High School student for prohibiting the school’s

MSNBC anchorwoman Rachel Maddow pointed out that the president recently doxxed his own former campaign attorney, Joseph diGenova, by accidentally releasing his full birthdate and Social Security number in un-redacted government files detailing the investigation into the 1963 passing of President John F. Kennedy. The doxxing led diGenova to receive frightening messages and worry about

Elon Musk takes the stage at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. On the same day that Elon Musk’s daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson went public with some unflattering observations about her father — calling him a “pathetic man-child” among other things — the billionaire Trump ally and Telsa CEO lashed out on his X platform, tying

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had nothing but praise for Arizona Democrats for helping get rid of out bisexual Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) this past election cycle. “That means our communities – each and every one of us – choosing and voting for Democrats and elected officials who know how to stand for the working class,”

Olivia Sawyer, right, and Olivia McDonald of Washington D.C. join others in rally at the U.S. Department of Education on March 14, 2025, after lay-offs and the threat of President Trump closing the agency. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate the Department of Education, falsely claiming that it will improve

Twenty-six Democratic members of Congress signed a letter Monday demanding that Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth reverse course on what they describe as an unconstitutional purge of books and learning material at K-12 schools operated by the Department of Defense (DOD). The letter comes after the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) instructed schools to pull

Out MSNBC host Rachel Maddow mocked the Trump administration for flagging an image of the Enola Gay – the airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima – for deletion because it promotes “diversity” because the word “gay” is in the name of the plane. The AP recently reported on 26,000 historical images and

Nuzzled among a collection of traditional gay bars and dance clubs at the intersection of 14th and U Streets in Washington D.C. — a new epicenter of LGBTQ+ community in the capital city — there’s a fresh alternative for partygoers seeking alcohol-free good times: Spark Social House. By day, Spark is a cozy cafe serving coffee and

USA Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference after meeting with President Bernardo Arevalo in February 2025. An annual U.S. State Department report detailing human rights around the world will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous

Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is having a hard time defending President Donald Trump’s chaotic economic policies. And now he just threatened a journalist for questioning Trump’s management of the economy. Bessent appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press this past Sunday, where host Kristen Welker asked him about the possibility of a recession after years

The presidential administration has deported and “disappeared” an LGBTQ+ Venezuelan asylum seeker under the accusation that his tattoos made him a member of a terrorist group. He received no court hearings and his lawyer and a lawyer representing the federal government both say they have no idea where he is now. Meanwhile, the president is

Transphobic Minnesota State Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) supported a bill to ban transgender female athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. The 40-year-old married father of four children also recently introduced a bill to designate “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as an official mental illness. He was just arrested for trying

A college student in upstate New York is running to unseat the school board member who called her out by name during a debate over an LGBTQ+ club when she was still in high school. 17-year-old Elizabeth Lewis, who will turn 18 next month, is challenging Rotterdam-Mohonasen school board vice president Chad McFarland in May’s

On Friday night, a gay bar in Indianapolis was the scene of a heated exchange between Donald Trump supporters wearing MAGA hats and bar staff who say they abused them. The bar staff threw them out. Related The father of a trans son explains why he voted for Donald Trump but believes in trans rights

The right-wing media outlet Fox News spent nearly twice as much time covering President Donald Trump’s anti-transgender executive orders as did the more moderate cable news outlets CNN and MSNBC, according to a new study by the progressive watchdog organization Media Matters. However, most of Fox News’ coverage of the orders occurred on its opinion

When Welsh drag performer James Lee Williams appeared on the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2019 as The Vivienne, they made history and wowed fans by becoming the reality competition spinoff’s first-crowned champion. But when the 32-year-old performer unexpectedly died on January 5, many wondered about the cause of death. On Monday,

Jul 17, 2024; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum. The third day of the RNC focused on foreign policy and threats. After Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) publicly accused four men of sexual assault on the House floor, one of them is

“I’m a dyke. I don’t wear lipgloss or anything like that,” my coworker said at lunch one day. She is a decade older than me. Her lesbian world and its definitions are lightyears away from mine.  “What’s that supposed to mean?” I ask.  Related Queer women candidates have been smashing glass ceilings across the US.

Washington, DC, USA, 8.23.24 – The front exterior of Bernard P McDonough Hall at Georgetown Law. A note sent to Georgetown Law Center by interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, declared it “unacceptable” that the school “continues to teach and promote DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion].” Martin demanded the school eliminate

This week was filled with lots of great queer news highlights, including tales of good people supporting one another, queer folks coming together, and LGBTQ+ people of every stripe standing up and speaking out. Prepare to get inspired, because our good news roundup is feeling especially bright today! But first, remember when Slovenia became the first

Can the state of a city’s drag community be an indicator of its economic vitality? Urbanist and author Nicholas Lalla thinks so. In a recent HuffPost op-ed, Lalla argues that the conservative moral panic around drag of recent years — along with the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts

President Donald J. Trump arrives at Trump International Golf Club, Sunday, February 3, 2019. President Trump was hosting his annual Super Bowl watch party at his golf club in West Palm Beach. Amid reports that Donald Trump’s frequent golf trips have cost American taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, Lara Trump claims the president doesn’t