Out Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Chris Pappas (D-NH) have asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to expedite the process for former LGBTQ+ soldiers still seeking to upgrade their less-than-honorable discharges after being kicked out of the military under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) and other historic bans on out queer military
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After years of sniping and planning meetings, a sculpture honoring Alan Turing was finally unveiled at Cambridge’s Kings College in England, where he studied math, the foundation of his illustrious career. Turing, a gay man, is widely considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He is most famous for his work on breaking
Maine lawmakers have abandoned a measure that would have helped protect transgender youth’s access to lifesaving health care after a firestorm of unhinged conservative criticism online, led by hate influencer Chaya Raichik. The state’s Judiciary Committee voted unanimously – with one member absent – to stop L.D. 1735 from progressing. The bill would have protected
As Taylor Swift continues to rise to even higher levels of superstardom, Republicans are terrified that it could be all over for them if the pop star publicly endorses President Joe Biden. A recent New York Times article reported that Biden aides see Swift as “the endorsement of their wildest dreams,” and her massive influence
A Utah dad was banned from his high school-aged daughter’s future junior varsity basketball games after he became belligerent at a recent game, alleging that a player on the opposing team was transgender. Jeff Haney, a spokesperson for Canyons School District, told The Salt Lake Tribune that at a January 19 game, the dad “was
Out Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) is catching flak for spending around $210,000 of taxpayer money to travel on private jets since 2020, which is a lot more than her peers usually spend on the luxury. U.S. senators have annual budgets to fund their offices, and Sinema spending a large part of hers on charter flights
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson, the brilliant author of the historic Declaration of Independence, affirmed specifically in writing what must be
In Seattle over the weekend, two gay bars were raided by a task force looking for “lewd conduct” by patrons and staff. Investigators discovered a bartender’s exposed nipple at one venue. Patrons wearing jock straps were observed at another. The raids – conducted by Seattle’s Joint Enforcement Team (JET), a coalition of Police and Fire
A New York pizzeria has agreed to pay $25,000 to a trans former employee who says he was repeatedly harrassed while working there. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued upstate New York’s T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria on behalf of trans man Quinn Gambino, who was a cook at the restaurant. A March 2023