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An affordable housing complex set to open next year in Pittsburgh will address housing issues faced by the city’s LGBTQ+ seniors. As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, Presbyterian SeniorCare Network, Western Pennsylvania’s largest aging services provider, is leading the project, which began construction in May and aims to open in fall 2025. The 48-unit Mosaic Apartments

Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. We’re only one week into Pride Month and we’re already bursting with rainbow-colored joy! So many stories this week showed our community’s creative resilience, unity, and

A new report from the Trevor Project and Everytown for Gun Safety found that 40% of LGBTQ+ youth have a firearm in their home, and this increases the risk of both suicidal ideation and attempts. The study found that 44% of LGBTQ+ people between the ages of 13 to 17 reported having a firearm in their home

Ukrainian activists show their Pride while decrying Russia’s invasion Photo: Shutterstock More than two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the LGBTQ+ community there is anxious to march for their rights in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s imperialist aggression. But the march won’t be happening in Ukraine’s subway system. Related: This week, the

JK Rowling in 2011 Photo: Shutterstock Transphobic writer JK Rowling lashed out at women who kiss other women, saying that they want the “eradication of single-sex” facilities. Rowling made the comment in response to a clip from interior designer Jennifer Welch’s and lawyer Angie Sullivan’s podcast, where they talked with queer influencer Matt Bernstein about

A presidential candidate in Ghana has vowed “no, no and no” on LGBTQ+ issues in the West African country. Addressing clergy at a campaign stop, vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia said of homosexuality, “We will not agree. Our religion says no, our culture says no, our values say no. So it is a no, no and no.”

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Target’s Movie Star and Beach Poolside Featherly Bird Friends Photo: Target.com Among Target’s reduced Pride merchandise this year are two bird ornaments that have become hot collector’s items because of their resemblance to gay film icons. The two birds are listed on the retailer’s website as Movie Star Featherly Bird Friend and Beach Poolside Featherly

Cookies from Rock City Cake Company’s “Sick Freaks Cookie Box” Photo: Rock City Cake Company A bakery has turned nasty anti-LGBTQ+ social media messages into delicious cookies that will benefit queer-allied charities. The “Sick Freak Cookie Box” — sold by the Rock City Cake Company of Charleston, West Virginia — features real-life hate messages that

The Senate will vote on a bill to protect access to contraception today. The bill is expected to fail because it’s unlikely Republicans will support it, and it will need some GOP support to pass. The Right to Contraception Act – introduced by Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) –

Spencer Cox of Utah answers a question during a discussion about how our society can learn to disagree in a way that allows us to find solutions on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Photo: Logan Newell/The Coloradoan / USA TODAY NETWORK Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) declared June the “Month of Bridge Building” instead of saying

The Colorado Republican Party called LGBTQ+ people “godless groomers” who want to “harm our children” in a recent email to its members. The party has encouraged its members to burn all Pride flags in June and called queer people “Satanic” and “demonic” via social media. “The month of June has arrived and, once again, the

Valentina Gomez Photo: Screenshot Valentina Gomez, who’s running for Missouri secretary of state, appears to have lost her job with Nestle Purina after her numerous anti-LGBTQ+ stunts. Gomez, whose LinkedIn says that she worked in finance at Nestle, which owns the dog food brand, stood in front of a Purina office building while she claimed

“An all-male Monday sounds pretty gay to me.” The above comment was one of many reacting to an announcement from the Old State Saloon in Boise, Idaho — a new tavern in the historic Eagle Drug Store building — which inaugurated June as “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” and offered free beer for straight men every Monday

Scholastic books’ Read with Pride campaign Photo: Internet screenshot The book publisher Scholastic has published a Pride guide giving educators and child advocates a list of LGBTQ+-themed books for children of all ages as well as support resources for mental health and fighting right-wing book bans. The guide comes eight months after the company was

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Photo: YouTube screenshot Pride Month in Jacksonville would have looked different this year if Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) had gotten his way. While for the last three years, the city’s Acosta Bridge was lit up with rainbows to celebrate Pride, the Florida Department of Transportation said that bridges in the state

Drag queen Tova Ura Vitch read during at the Reading With Pride event put on by the Drag Queen Story Time Kentucky in the Portland neighborhood Sunday afternoon. March 26, 2023 Photo: Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK Drag performers from across the country just announced the formation of a support network for freelance

GLAAD, the top LGBTQ+ media advocacy group, is partnering with America’s Blood Centers, a national organization of community-based, independent blood centers, to undertake a summer-long national blood drive campaign that is LGBTQ+ supportive. The campaign, called “The Summer of Giving,” was announced on May 22 and runs from May 28 to Septemeber 4. Related: GLAAD

The American Academy of Pediatrics has announced that HIV-positive parents can chestfeed their children if their HIV viral load has reached undetectable levels. The announcement is a break from a longstanding recommendation that HIV-positive parents should not breastfeed their children, which was the guideline for 40 years. However, a report last Monday said that if the

Donation of eye or cornea transplant (graft, keratoplasty) in donor hand concept photo. Word donor with letter O as symbol of that donation near stethoscope and eye model with cornea lying in hand Photo: Shutterstock Alexander “AJ” Betts Jr. loved showtunes and helping people, according to his mother, Sheryl J. Moore. When AJ was bullied

Napoleons in Manchester, England — said to be the oldest gay bar in Europe — has had its liquor license revoked. Authorities cited illegal workers, overflowing rubbish, blocked fire exits, and other violations as the cause. The bar opened in 1941 and was long owned by renowned Manchester drag queen Fran Foo Foo Lamar. New

Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. It’s the first day of Pride month and there’s certainly plenty to smile about! Not only are we going to spend the next 30 days celebrating

Dylan Mulvaney Photo: Shutterstock Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney spoke out after a North Dakota Republican paid her to do a Cameo video as part of a prank. She made the video, not knowing that her words would be used to attack the Republican’s his political opponent. Mulvaney spoke out in a TikTok published yesterday, saying,

The United Kingdom’s government just issued an emergency order to temporarily ban and criminalize the usage of puberty blockers for transgender minors, independent journalist Erin Reed reports. This criminalization is unprecedented and has not been seen in any other country. It could lead to prison sentences of up to two years, Jo Maugham of the

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Governor Chris Sununu. Photo: Wikipedia On Wednesday, a protest broke out in front of the New Hampshire State House over bills targeting transgender individuals. The activists lined up outside the building, holding signs that say things like “Let Trans Kids Live” and “#letkidsplay.” Their aim is to convince Governor Chris Sununu (R) to veto four

May 28, 2024; New York, NY: Former President Donald Trump sits in court before closing arguments for his criminal trial Photo: Spencer Platt/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK A New York jury has found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments his 2016 presidential

The Tennesse Equality Project, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, released a report titled “Book Censorship in Tennessee” that examines the subjects and authorship behind challenged books in Tennessee. The report found that seven out of nine of the most challenged book have queer themes or were written by an LGBTQ+ author. “Book challenges most likely to

The administration of President Joe Biden is urging tech and financial industries to help stop the spread of abusive, AI-generated “deepfake” sexual images used to harass real-life school kids and educators — particularly girls, women, and gay kids in schools. These images can ruin their lives, the Biden Administration says, but current school policies and