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Donald Trump dancing alongside Adin Ross. The car door shows Trump after his July assassination attempt. Photo: YouTube screenshot In a bid to win young conservatives, former President Donald Trump (R) conducted a live-streaming interview with Adin Ross, a 23-year-old Jewish internet personality who has previously interviewed misogynist human trafficking suspect Andrew Tate and Nick

Elon Musk (l) gives a thumbs up to a reporter’s question on Sept. 13, 2023 in Washington D.C. Photo: Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, pushed back against a claim from the billionaire that all of his “boys” – including her – were happy throughout their childhood. Musk

Kyle Rittenhouse listens to the crowd cheer for him before a panel discussion during the third day of AmericaFest 2021 hosted by Turning Point USA on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Phoenix. Photo: Antranik Tavitian/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two people in 2020 and injured a third at a rally

Oklahoma Educational Superintendent Ryan Walters Photo: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Over a dozen public school districts in Oklahoma have said they won’t comply with a recent directive requiring them to teach about the Bible and the Ten Commandments. The state’s anti-LGBTQ+ Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters issued the directive

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks during the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum. The second day of the RNC focused on crime and border policies. Photo: Jasper Colt / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Last week, a federal judge overturned Florida’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for state employees, referring

J. D. Vance speaking at a Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo: Gage Skidmore Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) trans former friend is questioning the sincerity of his anti-trans rhetoric, accusing the GOP vice presidential nominee and other Republicans of political “opportunism.” Last weekend, The New York Times published excerpts from 90 email and text

LGBTQ+ Americans are coming out younger than ever, according to a new poll from Gallup. A majority say that they’ve come out by 22, around 57%. 70% of respondents say that they came out by the age of 30. 7% came out in their 30s, 2% in their 40s, and 1% 50 or older. 18%

This week, coincidently during the International Olympic Games in Paris, I returned to my undergraduate alma mater, San José State University, to facilitate a workshop on social justice issues. I still clearly see in my mind’s eye the raised, black-gloved fists of gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos soaring into the air

The British actor Linus Karp has revealed on social media that he was the victim of a homophobic attack last week in the SoHo area of London. In a series of posts on X, Karp, seen recently in the U.S. in the stage satire Gwyneth Goes Skiing, described being struck in the head with the

July 2024 saw at least three Black transgender women murdered in the U.S., continuing what the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has described as an epidemic of fatal violence against transgender and gender expansive Americans. As The Seattle Times reported late last month, shortly before 12:30am on July 1, 23-year-old Kenji Spurgeon was shot and killed

Whole Foods store at night in October 2017 in Chicago. Photo: Shutterstock A transgender woman in Washington, D.C., Ximena Navarrete, claims she was sexually harassed, raped, and generally discriminated against while working at local Whole Foods supermarkets. She has filed lawsuits against the company and its parent company, Amazon, seeking a combined $2.5 million in

Taiwan has come out swinging against transphobic billionaire author J.K. Rowling for stoking a culture war at the Paris Olympics over the inclusion of a Taiwanese female boxer whom she claims is a man. “What will it take to end this insanity? A female boxer left with life-altering injuries? A female boxer killed?” Rowling posted

Photo: Screenshot Instagram Gay dad José Rolón, a widower raising three kids on his own, faced a choice. The social media influencer, who covers gay family life and is known as @nycgaydad, was under attack by conservative online provocateur Stew Peters. Peters is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist who “regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+ and white supremacist beliefs,”

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a visit to the Erie West Senior Center to discuss property tax and rent rebate programs for seniors on May 4, 2023. Photo: GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is rumored to be on Vice President Kamala Harris’s short-list of possible

Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Commemoration 40th Anniversary Historical Marker. Photo: GayleSF/via Wikipedia On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to declare August Transgender History Month in the Southern California city. “With the rise in anti-trans hate and bigotry, I want our trans community to know that I see you, I respect you, and I

Despite passing in the Senate earlier this week, the Kid’s Online Safety Act (KOSA) is reportedly dead in the U.S. House after progressives, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), worried that it would possible censor LGBTQ+ content. Some Republicans also opposed the bill, stating that it would violate free speech protections for social media platforms and

Former President Donald Trump and ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. Photo: YouTube screenshot This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. Former President Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention on Wednesday shocked audience members within

Vice President Kamala Harris/Secretary Pete Buttigieg Photo: Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel//Cody Scanlan/Holland Sentinel//USA TODAY NETWORK A close-knit group of donors to out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign is rallying to get him on the Democratic presidential ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris. The group of wealthy Democrats, many of them

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Bubba’s 33 waiter Noah Bierig Photo: Screenshot KAKE News A waiter in Kansas has turned an ugly customer interaction into a cause for celebration. Noah Bierig, 19, a server at Bubba’s 33 in Wichita, says things felt off when he was serving a group of young men at the restaurant on a Sunday two weeks

The DeMoss Learning Center at Liberty University Photo: EOverbey via Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license A transgender woman is suing ultra-conservative Liberty University for sex discrimination after she was fired from her job as an information technology (IT) specialist. Ellenor Zinski began working at the Christian college—located in Lynchburg, Virginia

The Senate has passed the Kid’s Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) in 91-3 votes. While the bipartisan bills seek to reduce the harmful impact of social media on young people, advocates worry that KOSA in particular will enable Republicans to block queer youth from seeing

Photo: Copyright X – Screenshot X – France 2 Barbara Butch — who performed in a controversial Olympic Opening Ceremony segment accused of mocking Christianity — has received death, torture, and rape threats as well as numerous anti-semitic, homophobic, sexist, and fatphobic insults for her involvement. Butch has pledged to fearlessly fight the threats. Her

Vice presidential candidate JD Vance speaks at his rally inside Middletown High School, Monday, July 22, 2024. The Ohio senator is the running mate of former President Donald Trump. Photo: Cara Owsley/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Years before Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) became one of Ohio’s U.S. senators and the Republican vice

Failed Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) went on a wide-ranging seven-minute rant on Monday about the “woke mind virus,” gender-affirming healthcare, the Olympics opening ceremony, crime statistics, and student protestors when asked about a recent federal court ruing placing a permanent injunction on his so-called Stop WOKE Act. The law, which

Parents, students, and private schools and libraries are suing the state of Idaho for a law that they say infringes on their First Amendment free speech rights and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. H.B. 710, which took effect in early July, allows citizens and government officials to file lawsuits against schools and libraries that do

In a sweeping decision, Nebraska’s Supreme Court ruled 6-1 in favor of allowing a ban on gender affirming care and abortions past 12 weeks of pregnancy. This decision, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Hilgers, concerned Legislative Bill 574, an act that restricted abortions past 12 weeks of pregnancy as well as gender affirming care

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recognized a local trans nonprofit this week for its program supporting trans and nonbinary entrepreneurs. During its regular meeting at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, the board bestowed its Certificate of Honor to Transgender District in recognition of the group’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program, according to local LGBTQ+ outlet

Entrance to Darcelle XV Showplace Photo: Adam Jones/via Wikipedia D Darcelle XV Showplace, a much-beloved drag venue in Portland, Oregon, has asked for community support as they risk going out of business. “An important message to our faithful supporters of 57 years: the time has come to make difficult decisions regarding the future of Darcelle

Gov. Ron DeSantis Photo: Screenshot A mother who works for the Broward County Public Schools may not get fired after she allowed her daughter, who is trans, to play on a school’s girls’ volleyball team. On Tuesday, the board of the district located near Miami came to the conclusion that they’re unlikely to fire information