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A new study has found that healthcare professionals are not doing enough to screen trans patients who have had top surgery for breast cancer. Published July 29 in the Breast Cancer Research and Treatment journal, the researchers emphasized the “dearth of available data” on cancer risk profiles of people who have had gender-affirming mastectomies, “including

A dead dog draped over their mailbox. A tampon shot through with a bullet. Gunshots in the night, and shouts of “Damn queers!” from passing cars. Those were some of the greetings Wanda and Brenda Henson earned when they opened Camp Sister Spirit in Jones County, Mississippi, in 1993. Related The “married” pair had moved

“No man can put a chain about the ankle of another man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.” These poignant words from Frederick Douglass, a man who escaped enslavement and became a social activist for the cause of liberation and freedom, were delivered October 22, 1883, at a civil

Actor Geno Segers will no longer be the next star in the Broadway production of Hadestown after videos of him making transphobic comments resurfaced last week. The producers confirmed in a statement that they have “mutually agreed” to part ways with Segers only days after announcing his role as Hades. While the statement did not

The government agency Health Canada announced last week it has ended its restrictions on gay and bisexual sperm donors. Aziz M. told CBC he has “had a wonderful experience” as a sperm donor, with one child conceived with his sperm remaining an active part of his life. But when he encouraged other queer friends to

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a Hope for Prisoners graduation ceremony at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in February 2020. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect Numerous internet commenters pointed out that when President Donald Trump gave a rally speech in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday night, he seemed to have a

Source: @louqueernaval on Instagram. Where does your mind go when you hear “French Riviera”? The Cannes Film Festival? Saint-Tropez and its famous celebrity parties? It’s likely conjuring a luxurious image. And you’re not wrong. From the pensioners of Cagnes-sur-Mer to the wistful art-lovers of Antibes, the southern coast of France is bubbling over with lovers

Former New York City Mayor and lawyer to Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, is now saying that expanding pre-K programs will turn kids transgender. Giuliani was attacking a new program from Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to expand the city’s pre-K program to include two-year-olds. They announced that there would be over

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) successfully pressured Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) end its gender-affirming care programs for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy, in a settlement the DOJ announced Wednesday. GLAD Law, a leading LGTBQ+ legal advocacy organization, said the center’s settlement “betrays families” seeking care for their trans kids.

A 54-year-old woman named Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi confessed on Tuesday to lethally stabbing her 49-year-old wife Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, in their Ramona, California home on February 17. Marodi was a lesbian captain for California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Yolanda Marodi also stabbed her previous husband to death in 2011. Rebecca Marodi

Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing criticism for his comments in favor of Albertan separatism, supporting the idea that the Canadian province of Alberta should declare its independence from Canada and, in Bessent’s opinion, join the United States. His comments come as the administration increasingly threatens America’s neighbors to the north with invasion and

Transgender New Hampshire state Rep. Alice Wade (D) today accused Democratic Socialist U.S. House candidate Heath Howard of pressuring her to drop out of her race because he believed her trans identity would spoil her chances. He initially denied all wrongdoing, but later admitted to making comments about her gender. “Last year, a fellow state

A mob of people beat a transgender couple on May 31 after one of the partners used a public restroom in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. After the attack, police arrested one of the trans women, took her to a men’s jail, and has now charged the couple with offenses that could imprison them for months. Near

A federal appeals court ruled 8-5 in favor of Florida’s anti-drag law on Tuesday, with the majority deciding the law does not violate the First Amendment. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a preliminary injunction imposed by a lower court, reasoning that “there is no doubt the Act is rational” and “is consistent

California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra’s LGBTQ+ record is extensive. Not only has he served as a California State Assembly member, a U.S. House representative, California’s attorney general, and the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he has loudly stood up for queer rights every step of the way (even battling the current administration’s

Opponents of gender-affirming care for trans youth often claim that puberty blockers negatively impact young people’s bone density; something that sounds alarming considering that adolescence is the primary time of life when humans acquire their lifelong bone mass. However, a study published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics concluded that trans minors on puberty blockers

Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), who’s running for the US Senate, told MS NOW host Rachel Maddow that he’s not going to back down on supporting trans rights because “I don’t think we win by selling people out.” Maddow told Talarico that there are people who believe that he can’t win statewide in Texas

Inflatable balloon effigies of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin kissed last Saturday during Amsterdam’s WorldPride 2026 Canal Parade. The event also featured a memorial for the victims of the recent Berlin Pride attack as well as performances by beloved pop divas Madonna and Kylie Minogue. The balloons, entitled “The Kissing Couple,”

Out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in an interview published Monday that he is “more inclined than not” to run for president again in 2028, furthering long-held suspicions that he may do so. “I think I’m more inclined than not, but there’s so much we don’t know,” Buttigieg told British business podcaster Steven Bartlett

The leader of a neo-Nazi group that menaced people attending a drag queen story hour event has admitted that the group violated the state’s civil rights law. In a July 30 press release, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella announced that Christopher Hood and 19 members of the Nationalist Social Club-131 (NSC-131) admitted that

A typically queer-friendly fashion brand is ending its Harry Potter-inspired line after customer backlash, considering Harry Potter creator JK Rowling uses her money to fund anti-trans initiatives. The California-based Unique Vintage not only announced a new Harry Potter collection, but ironically, said that every purchase from it would unlock a 5% donation to the LGBTQ+ media

Stonewall uprising veteran Stormé DeLarverie and her wife Diana met in 1943 at Smalls’ Paradise, a 24-hour nightclub in Harlem. Stormé — a “stone butch gay woman” in the words of their “gay daughter,” trans singer Christy Henderson Jenkins — went on to be the “male impersonator” emcee for the Jewel Box Revue, a racially

A gay couple’s decades-long love story has gone viral after being featured on the popular social media account @meetcutesnyc. The couple, Allen and Tony, were featured in an on-the-street interview in which they shared that they’ve been together for 53 years, having met on a tennis court in 1973. Related Asked their first impressions of

Nonbinary music artist Sam Smith announced their engagement on Tuesday in an interview with the New York Times. Smith told the Times “with a giddy smile” that they are engaged to fashion designer Christian Cowan and explained that their new album – Hazel Eyes, which will be released on August 21 – is all about

If you know, you know. That was the case with Casa Susanna, a guesthouse in New York’s Catskill Mountains, which in the 1950s and 60s catered to a particular subset of the LGBTQ+ community, a group trans author and journalist Sandy Ernest Allen described as “transfeminine cross-dressers.” Related Some even brought their wives for weekends

A TikTok influencer has delighted the internet with a video describing why he believes “lesbians are an elevated form of the human race.” Steve Watson, who goes by That Steve Guy on social media, detailed a night at his lesbian neighbors’ house after they invited him and his wife over for chicken wings. Related “Now,

In her first political ad, Darline Graham, sister of the recently deceased (and allegedly queer) anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), said, “Men don’t belong in women’s sports” and other statements meant to burnish her MAGA conservative credentials, as Republican in her state doubt her chances of winning an election, especially considering that she is widely

A New Jersey high school reached a settlement with the family of Myles Fitzpatrick, a trans teen who took his own life in 2022 after serial harassment by classmates and the alleged failure of school staff to acknowledge his distress or stop the bullying, My Central Jersey reports. Fitzpatrick, who started his transition two years