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With the prospect of legal same-sex marriage closer than ever in Greece, far-right groups — including the Greek Orthodox Church and the most conservative members of the right-wing majority party — are in desperation mode. On Sunday, ultra-orthodox religious groups sponsored a rally at the Greek Parliament protesting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ legislation to legalize

Steven Miles (aka as “Sergeant Miles”) Photo: video screenshot A federal judge has sentenced Proud Boy member and gay adult film actor Steven Miles, who performs under the name Sergeant Miles, to two years in prison for assaulting police officers during the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Miles must also pay $2,000

Genesse Ivonne Moreno in April 2022 Photo: Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Right-wingers are falsely claiming that a transgender woman conducted a Sunday shooting at the Houston megachurch of homophobic celebrity pastor Joel Osteen, even though local police have definitively said that she wasn’t trans. The right-wing claims originate from reports that the 36-year-old shooter,

Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica” Photo: Screenshot Felicity Huffman says she “wouldn’t be able to” play the lead role in Transamerica if it were offered to her today. Huffman earned a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for her role in the 2005 film, in which she played a transgender woman who goes on a

Months after Japan’s Supreme Court struck down part of a law requiring transgender people to undergo surgery to have their gender legally recognized, a court in the western part of the country has ruled that a trans man can update his gender on official documents without undergoing surgical sterilization. Okayama family court’s Tsuyama branch handed

It was a sweet ad for most people that showed people giving gifts of jewelry to loved ones, but some conservative Christians are outraged that a lesbian couple appeared in the ad. “Unfortunately, Pandora also blatantly throws homosexuality in the viewer’s face with the lesbian couple’s intimate embrace,” the website for One Million Moms (OMM)

A landmark ruling by a Pennsylvania court could set crucial precedent for child custody decisions when LGBTQ+ couples separate or divorce. Nicole Junior and Chanel Glover went through the entire IVF process together, splitting the massive costs to help Glover get pregnant, co-signing contracts, and establishing Junior as the intended co-parent, according to a report

A central Oregon community has rallied around a team of queer journalists after a local coffee shop threatened to use their magazine as “kindling” if they didn’t remove it from the store. Ruth Vernotico, the publisher of Sisters, Oregon’s non-profit LGBTQ+ magazine SUS, had spoken to Sisters Coffee Company about displaying upcoming issues – a

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The Old Wooden Barn Photo: Screenshot / WOOD8 A Michigan LGBTQ+ organization has filed a formal complaint against a wedding venue it says discriminates against the LGBTQ+ community in violation of state law. In a letter to the state’s Department of Civil Rights and the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, the Surfus Foundation, an LGBTQ+ policy

Protestors outside of the HRC’s annual gala listen as Indya Moore speaks. Photo: Instagram screenshot As the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) held its annual gala dinner at a Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan, several hundred protestors — including queer actors Sara Ramirez and Indya Moore — gathered outside to demand that the HRC call for

Kansas’s Republican attorney general Kris Kobach is accusing several school districts in the state of “socially transitioning” students without their parents’ knowledge, another way of saying that schools are respecting trans students’ identities without outing them to their parents. In a press release Thursday, Kobach’s office said that early last year, the AG sent letters

It can be hard to follow what states are doing to attack (and sometimes protect) transgender people’s rights. Here are some stories from us and from around the web. Ohio’s governor backs off his attempt to restrict gender-affirming care access for transgender adults and minors. (LGBTQ Nation) West Virginia Republicans want to pass a “Women’s

Reports from Russia indicate a young woman in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow, has been arrested and charged for wearing rainbow-colored earrings in violation of the country’s new law declaring the “international LGBT public movement” an extremist organization. A court found her guilty of wearing “prohibited symbols.” According to Aegis, a human rights organization

Earlier this week, a right-wing group calling itself the “Take Our Border Back” convoy began its journey from Virginia to the US southern border. The organizers, who plan to hold anti-immigration rallies in three border cities, say their goal is “to call for immediate action to secure our borders before irreversible serious consequences befall our nation.” Their catalyst,

A gay high school English teacher in Alexandria, Virginia, says he has been repeatedly harassed and called anti-gay slurs by students. In a letter to the Alexandria School Board obtained by the Washington Blade, Matthew Henry explained that he has taught at Alexandria City High School for 13 years and has “never previously been called

A rainbow crosswalk has stirred up enough anti-LGBTQ+ hate in a small Canadian town to warrant a referendum on whether Pride symbols should be allowed on municipal property. On February 22, residents of Westlock, Alberta will vote on the matter – the result of anti-LGBTQ+ activists collecting 700 signatures in the town of 5000, according

Gay billionaire Peter Thiel is investing in The Enhanced Games, a modern reinvention of the Olympic Games that allows competitors to use performance-enhancing drugs. Thiel and other venture capitalists funding the project hope it will revolutionize competitive athletics. Notably, the project also co-opts LGBTQ+-inclusive politics to make people rethink anti-drug stigma in sports and discredit

While traditional divorce arrangements still remain most common, an increasingly popular arrangement called “bird nesting” allows the kids to stay in one home while the parents alternate. And according to a report in Good Housekeeping, bird nesting is more popular among LGBTQ+ couples. “This likely reflects in part their lesser likelihood of conforming to gender

Welcome to this week’s edition of the LGBTQ Nation Weekly News Quiz! Test how well you’ve been keeping up with the LGBTQ+ news… or use the search function on this site to find the answer. It’s ok, you’re just competing against yourself, and every question here is drawn from an LGBTQ Nation story from this past week. Have fun!

The 10 Republican Oregon state senators who walked out of the legislature for six weeks last year can’t run for reelection, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled this week. The senators had walked out to stall progress on hundreds of bills, including ones on transgender healthcare, abortion, and firearm reform. Last year, Oregon’s Secretary of State

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) recently appeared at the summit of the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group alongside Jonathan Cahn, a pastor who blames ancient gods and “demons” for furthering the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Their appearance coincided with a report detailing Johnson’s links to Christian dominionism, a movement that sees the U.S. as a Christian nation that must

The Capitol Police has concluded its investigation of an infamous video of two men having sex in a Senate hearing room which appeared online in December 2023. The police force said “there is currently no evidence that a crime was committed,” but that it remains “willing to review new evidence should any come to light,”

Results from the General Social Survey (GSS) show a remarkable swing in how Americans feel about same-sex relationships. The disapproval rate has tumbled dramatically as public opinion has turned in favor of gay people. “This isn’t perfect, but it’s such amazing progress. Easily the biggest cultural win since civil rights,” one person posted on X

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) invited anti-LGBTQ+ extremist pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel in Chino Hills, California, to deliver the opening prayer in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. LGBTQ Nation reported yesterday on Hibbs’s appearance in the House. The House Office of the Chaplain has now disclosed that Johnson was the member of Congress

Italian Luca Trapanese, a gay Catholic single father, is also a hero – at least to his daughter, Alba. Trapanese adopted Alba, who has Down syndrome, after her mother abandoned her and 20 other families rejected her. “When I was 14, my best friend Diego discovered he had terminal cancer. When I found out about

Clarice Schillinger, executive director of the so-called parents’ rights group Back to School USA and a former candidate for Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor, has been charged with allegedly assaulting and furnishing minors with liquor at her daughter’s 17th birthday party in her Doylestown home. At least one of the teens vomited, one passed out in her