LGBTQ

On December 13, 2024, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reflects on his time at the department before the new administration change. Outgoing Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has revealed the first things he’s looking forward to doing as a civilian now that President-elect Donald Trump will soon install his replacement. While Buttigieg is proud of the

State Rep. Jedediah Hinkle Republican lawmakers in Montana’s House of Representatives voted to pass a bathroom ban despite pleas from two of their colleagues — Reps. Zooey Zephyr (D) and SJ Howell (D) — that this bill would adversely affect them and transgender people like them. The bill, introduced by Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe (R), bans

Fox News host Jesse Watters celebrated that country star Carrie Underwood will perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration because she’s straight and blonde. “When a straight, blonde female is singing at the inauguration, I think we’re back. I think we’re definitely back,” Watters told his guest, comedian Nick Di Paolo. Related: “Carrie Underwood. I mean, thank

Ugandan LGBTQ activists push for LGBTQ rights in a public demonstration. Uganda has formally joined the Russia-led BRICS economic alliance, a move prompted by sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union in reaction to the East African nation’s Kill the Gays law, according to the country’s foreign minister in a veiled reference

A police captain in Washington, DC, is suing the department for demoting him after he was the first gay officer to take family leave after the birth of his child. A lawsuit filed by Capt. Paul Hrebenak, who served as director of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s School Safety Division, claims his reassignment to a

Rep. Henry Cuellar, left, greets U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan House Republicans voted today to pass a bill that would ban transgender students from playing sports at any federally funded schools and education programs. LGBTQ+ advocates condemned the vote. It’s unclear when its companion bill in the Republican-controlled Senate will receive

Pete Hegseth speaks during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on his expected nomination to be Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Monday’s Senate confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth – a former Fox News host and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense – included numerous questions about his alleged

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The Supreme Court on Friday announced it will take up a case that imperils a core tenet of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — preventative care. This tenet requires insurance providers to cover pre-exposure prophylactics (PrEP), medications that can greatly reduce HIV transmission, as well as potentially hundreds of other preventive services, among them cancer screenings

Anti-LGBTQ evangelist Franklin Graham will deliver the invocation at the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, according to a copy of the program circulating on X, The Washington Blade has reported. Graham’s invocation further cements Trump’s connection to the Christian Evangelical community. An estimated 80% of evangelical voters supported Trump even though Trump says he has

The United Kingdom has announced its plans to build a memorial for LGBTQ+ veterans who were persecuted and discharged under the country’s ban on queer military members, which remained in place from 1967 to 2000. The bronze memorial will resemble a crumpled sheet of paper and contain phrases from LGBTQ+ people affected by the ban.

Cristian Brocal and Jose Casanova get engaged A gay couple in Spain have sparked queer joy with their fairy tale engagement. Jose Casanova proposed to his fiancé, actor, director, dancer, and Zumba instructor Cristian Brocal, during a Three Kings Day event in Beniel, a town in Spain’s Murcia region, while they were both dressed as

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During times of national tragedy, our leaders (especially our presidents) attempt to bring together people of all backgrounds and political ideologies. They stand in front of a frightened and grieving nation to support the process of recovery, healing, and moving forward. We experienced the strong and unifying words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt throughout his

Russian President Vladimir Putin Anti-LGBTQ+ persecution has intensified in Russia since the government strengthened its anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda law and  outlawed the so-called “international LGBT movement.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has instituted successively broader anti-LGBTQ+ “propaganda laws” since 2013, and raids and arrests at LGBTQ+ clubs have become commonplace across the country. Related: In October, for example, Police

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Pres. Jimmy Carter takes a look at the progress of the house that he is helping to build during Habitat for Humanity International’s 2005 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Benton Harbor, Michigan. We always remember our first experiences. In 1976, I had my first experience casting a ballot for the president of the United

The Vatican announced new guidelines for gay men considering the priesthood on Friday, defining the most important goal for aspiring priests as “an orientation towards celibate life.” The guidelines announced by the Italian Bishops Conference (CIE) mark a change from views previously expressed by Pope Francis that gay men serving in the priesthood risked leading

Washington DC / USA – October 20 2019: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee. New policies from tech giant Meta are enabling bigots to claim that LGBTQ+ people have a “mental illness.” Concurrently, the company announced on Friday that it is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments, sparking

LGBTQ+ activist and former five-term Pennsylvania state legislator Brian Sims and his partner Alex Drakos wed on a frosty afternoon at the Massachusetts state capital in Boston just before Christmas, Sims announced on Instagram this week. The intimate wedding was witnessed by their parents and officiated by a friend. Sims, the current CEO of Agenda

A Pride Event in Vilnius, Lithuania. Lithuania’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s 2009 law against “gay propaganda” violates its constitutional protections for families, children, and its guaranteed “respect for human rights, dignity, equality, pluralism, and tolerance.” The ruling somewhat involves the censoring of a fairy tale book containing stories of same-sex romantic pairings.

A Kentucky federal judge has struck down President Joe Biden’s Title IX guidelines prohibiting discrimination against transgender students. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves (an appointee of anti-LGBTQ+ former President George W. Bush) ruled that Biden’s Department of Education (DOE) overstepped its authority and bypassed the necessary legislative process to extend a Supreme

Two of the defendants found guilty of the murder of Samuel Luiz in Spain awaiting sentencing Three men who attacked and killed a 24-year-old gay man in Spain in 2021 — inspiring massive demonstrations across the country — were handed lengthy prison sentences on Wednesday. The judge cited the lead defendants’ “absolute lack of empathy and

A man who used his truck to deface a rainbow-colored intersection dedicated to the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting must now pay nearly $6,000 in damages to the city of Delray Beach, Florida. His own friends helped police identify and arrest him. Dylan Reese Brewer, a white male 19-year-old who is a registered

Carlos McKnight of Washington, waves a flag in support of gay marriage outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday June 26, 2015. Republicans in Idaho’s House of Representatives are considering making a formal statement imploring the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its famous 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. The measure proposed by Republican state

As a wave of corporate retailers buckle under pressure from right-wing groups to shed their diversity, equity and inclusion *(DEI) initiatives — including most recently fast food giant McDonald’s — Costco, the membership-only big-box warehouse club retail chain, is going on offense over their inclusive hiring policies. Activist shareholders at the retail behemoth, the country’s third largest

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has vowed to “protect” and save” women from “the radical left” with the reintroduction of his anti-trans sports bill, which will be fast-tracked for a vote by the new Congress. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act was included in the House Republican majority’s new rules package as a

Herbert Baumeister was accused of murdering at least two dozen men and boys he lured from gay bars in Indianapolis to his rural estate Authorities in Indianapolis are reaching out to the public in a renewed effort to identify the remains of more victims of notorious serial killer Herbert Baumeister, who has been linked to

In the aftermath of a terrorist attack on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, which left 14 dead and dozens injured, the district’s LGBTQ+ bars are coping in a city known more for letting the good times roll than dwelling on tragedy. The attack came on one

A hugely popular trans dancer in China is off the stage after four long-scheduled performances were suddenly canceled by government authorities. Performer Jin Xing, dubbed the “Oprah of China” for her crossover appeal in the conservative Communist country, learned in October that the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism in Guangzhou canceled her