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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, not shown, speak the media prior to Netanyahu‚Äôs address to the U.S. Congress on July 24, 2024 in Washington. Photo: Josh Morgan / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN images He’s five feet two and he’s six feet fourHe fights with missiles and

Charlie Kirk Photo: Screenshot Conservatives across the web have been freaking out over a Julia Roberts ad that encourages women to vote for their own beliefs and not how their husbands say. This week, Julia Roberts released a political ad depicting two women going to vote and defying pressure from their husbands to vote for

With the election just days away, the specter of a second Trump administration looms over the LGBTQ+ community. While Trump’s maniacal vision for what makes America great again is bad enough, the possibility of implementing the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for autocracy, Project 2025, is even worse. The 900-page manifesto, conjured up by nearly 150 former Trump administration

JD Vance Photo: Screenshot The Joe Rogan Experience Republican nominee for vice president, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), brought the culture wars to a friendly forum on Thursday with a visit to Joe Rogan’s podcast. Vance told Rogan, “I wouldn’t be surprised if me and Trump won just the normal gay guy vote.” He’s alone in

Amber Green and her children slept in their van after fleeing Texas over the state’s persecution of trans youth. They shared Green’s Dodge Caravan with four cats and three pet lizards, forced to huddle against their owners for warmth when the nights would dip below the freezing point. They slept at a truck stop in

Democratic elected officials and prominent black male leaders gather during a press conference to voice why black men should vote for presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the upcoming election at I Am A Man Plaza on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 in Memphis, Tennessee Photo: Stu Boyd II-The Commercial Appeal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn

Kamala Harris during an October 16, 2024 campaign event in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Photo: Shutterstock An angry white man in rural Stewartstown, Pennsylvania was captured on video screaming violent homophobic threats against two gay men canvassing for Vice President Kamala Harris. The incident occurred as Jason Bello and Justin Coniaris, two Washington D.C. residents, walked

Emil Wilbekin has lived many lives. From being editor-at-large at Essence and chief content officer at Afropunk to being a professor at the acclaimed Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), the “world of Wilbekin” continues to expand. Not to mention, he’s also the founder of the Black queer-focused nonprofit Native Son, named after gay Black author

Hispanic and Latino people are less likely to support politicians who use or are associated with “Latinx,” the gender-inclusive term referring to Hispanic and/or Latino populations, according to a new study from Georgetown and Harvard Universities. The term — which challenges the Spanish language’s masculine-leaning gender binary and increases awareness of non-binary Latinos — has

Serenity Birdsong Photo: MT Lambda Instagram Serenity Birdsong, a transgender student at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), killed themselves on Monday inside the campus’ James E. Walker Library. Birdsong was vice president of MTSU’s student LGBTQ+ organization MT Lambda. The school canceled classes and closed the library on Tuesday but resumed normal operations on Wednesday.

A cardboard cutout of Donald Trump beside a pharmacist denying birth control and abortion medications to a customer in HRC’s new ad Photo: Screenshot The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a quirky new ad featuring a cardboard cutout of Donald Trump invading the privacy of LGBTQ+ Americans. “Enjoy your privacy?” the voiceover asks as

Paris Olympics artistic director Thomas Jolly Photo: Screenshot AP Seven people in France have been arrested and charged for allegedly cyberbullying the artistic director of the Paris Olympics this summer, French authorities announced last Friday. The Paris prosecutor’s office said the arrests were the “first wave” in a series of prosecutions they intend to carry

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. speaks during the first day of the Republican National Convention. Photo: Jasper Colt / USA TODAY NETWORK Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spewed anti-LGBTQ+ talking points to defend a comedian who made numerous racist comments at the New York City rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump,

U.S. Republican Presidential former President Donald Trump speaks to attendees in a rally at the Bojangles Coliseum on July 24, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina Photo: Shutterstock Puerto Rican celebrities have come out strong for Kamala Harris after a comedian made a racist joke about the island while speaking at a rally for Donald Trump.

A “barnstorming” tour in search of LGBTQ+ voters for Donald Trump kicked off earlier this month organized by the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR), who are on their own search for proximity to power and cocktail parties should the former president regain the White House. The MAGA king was nowhere to be found. Related: Instead, the

“Under the Hitler regime…the most important thing that I learned…was that bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problems. The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful, and the most tragic problem is silence.” -Joachim Prinz, Rabbi of Berlin, exiled in 1937 to the United States, from his speech on August 28, 1963, in

Sitting on a colored mat beside a DIY box full of tailoring items, including scissors, thread rolls, and stickers, Deepak’s eyes are glued on a thrifted jacket that she had recently brought. While closely looking at the jacket, she puts a sticker on the stained part.  “This is how I repair these thrifted clothes and

Lesbian Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) knows all eyes are on her state as we hurtle toward election day on November 5th. Wisconsin is considered one of the most critical swing states in winning the presidential campaign, which means voters there will play a big part in determining the future of our country far beyond the

May 9, 2024; Washington, DC; Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaking along side Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and other Republican Senators holding a press conference discussing a resolution that condemns any action by the Biden Administration to withhold or restrict weapons for Israel. Photo: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Republican Ted Cruz’s desperate search for trans targets in

Ben Shapiro Photo: YouTube screenshot A video of a transgender man completely roasting conservative commentator Ben Shapiro to his face in response to Shapiro’s antagonistic views towards transgender people is going viral on X. The video comes from the YouTube channel Jubilee and it shows Shapiro debating 25 Kamala Harris supporters. Midway through the video,

Davonte Fore Photo: Screenshot / Fox 5 Atlanta A Georgia man convicted of murdering a transgender woman is on the run after jumping bail during his trial. Davonte Fore, 26, was convicted along with accomplice JaQuan Brooks, 25, on October 4 of Malice Murder, two counts of Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm

The history of the Middle East – and especially between Palestinians and Jews – abounds with blame, recrimination, retaliation, and an ever-escalating cycle of mistrust and violence. There is indeed plenty of justifiable blame to go around on all sides, but as we blame and blame and blame, attack and attack and attack, react and

A teacher in the U.K. has been banned from the profession indefinitely for outing a transgender student on social media. According to The Daily Mail, in May 2023, a whistleblower alerted the unnamed Manchester school where 54-year-old Camilla Hannan had been teaching since 2001 that Hannan had posted offensive and anti-trans sentiments on X, then

Graves Hall, Morehouse College As legislatures across the country pass bills that restrict abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, colleges within those states are increasingly finding themselves trapped and losing students to elsewhere, according to reporting from The Hill. “I think we are in a place and a time where colleges are increasingly being seen as political

When DeAnna LeTray, a trans woman in New York, was arrested after she called the police during a domestic incident at her home, authorities at the county jail tore her wig off, subjected her to a cavity and strip search, sexually abused her, and housed her with male inmates. She was arrested, she said, after

Former President Donald Trump gives a “thumbs up” to the media as he leaves following his appearance in Swannanoa, October 21, 2024. Photo: Angela Wilhelm/Citizen Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A woman is speaking out against Donald Trump, saying that he sexually assaulted her in 1993 after Jeffrey Epstein – the convicted

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 Grimes, the millennial pop star and baby mama to three of anti-woke Elon Musk’s kids, surprised her 1.3 million followers on X with news that she’s “way less gay” after

Rep. Greene (R-GA) speaks on May 1, 2024. Photo: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY via IMAGN Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is hearing things — all wrong. The rhetorical bomb thrower and U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia claimed on Wednesday that Kamala Harris compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and even said that such a comparison would get Trump

Volunteers with Queer for Kamala prepare to knock on doors in Pennsylvania Photo: Queers for Kamala Kamala Harris is bringing the joy back. As she blazes through her campaign for president, I have been thrilled to see the surge of enthusiasm for her candidacy in the LGBTQ+ community. So on a recent Sunday, I got

Donald Trump posted a new attack ad to social on Sunday, once again exploiting Kamala Harris’ support for trans people in an effort to smear his opponent as radical and out of touch with mainstream American voters. “KAMALA’S AGENDA IS THEY/THEM—NOT YOU!” the floundering Republican nominee screamed in the all-caps caption. Related: Like a previous