LGBTQ

Fox host Pete Hegseth – Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense – not only believes that women should not be allowed to serve in combat roles and not only has been accused of sexual assault, but he also spent his college days at Princeton campaigning against LGBTQ+ rights, a report from Talking Points Memo has

Bisexual writer Roxane Gay warns it would be “shameful and cowardly” to compromise any progressive values because Donald Trump won the election. “To suggest we should yield even a little to Mr. Trump’s odious politics,” wrote Gay, best known for writing Bad Feminist, in an op-ed for the New York Times, “to suggest we should

A new biography claims that actor James Dean was forced to pay off a former male lover to conceal their affair weeks before East of Eden hit theaters in 1955. According to The Daily Mail, author Jason Colavito details the transaction and the circumstances that led to it – including court documents – in his

A protester vents in frustration at a march against police brutality, in Lagos, Nigeria Four men became the latest victims of anti-LGBTQ+ mob “justice” in the African country of Nigeria earlier this month, after they were accused of engaging in consensual same-sex sexual activity. As the Los Angeles Blade reports, the four young men were

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Many are blasting Disney for allegedly tabling a trans athlete plot in an animated series after the election. Derrick Malik Johnson, who worked on the episode of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – which features 13-year-old Lunella Lafayette and her dinosaur sidekick – wrote in a since-deleted post on BlueSky that

A Seattle man has been arrested and faces up to ten years in prison for “burning out” over a Pride mural in nearby Bellevue.  Ivan Barzul, 21, was taken into custody last Tuesday at his home in Renton after allegedly speeding over the mural in three consecutive acts of vandalism over the summer, endangering pedestrians and

On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would give authority to the Treasury Department to revoke a 501c non-profit’s tax-exempt status if they’re believed to support terrorism. House Resolution 9495, also known as the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,” was sponsored by Rep. Tenney Claudia (R-NY)

As I read Congressional Representatives Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) comments about transgender people, the lyrics of the song “Easy to Be Hard” from the Broadway musical Hair came to mind: How can people be so heartless?How can people be so cruel?Easy to be hardEasy to be cold How can people have

Newly-elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first openly transgender person elected to serve in the United States Congress, along with newly-elected Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA), right, and Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), left, before the official new member photo was taken on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on

In the upcoming Supreme Court case US v. Skrmetti, the state of Tennessee is submitting “expert” testimonies from four doctors who have previously been disregarded for bias, conspiratorial beliefs, and who deserve “very little weight,” according to an investigation from The Guardian. The four doctors in question –  Paul Hruz, James Cantor, Michael Laidlaw, and

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the “Our Fight Our Future” voter rally at Texas State University in San Marcos Tuesday October 1, 2024. In an impassioned diatribe to reporters on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) destroyed Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for her tirade against trans Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) and explained how it would put

Santonio Coleman, a gender-nonconforming person from Athens, Georgia, was found mortally wounded on a popular hiking trail near the University of Georgia on Saturday, October 19. They died from their injuries not long after. Athens-Clarke County Police arrived at the scene after a man walking his dog discovered Coleman collapsed on the trail and bleeding profusely

Three out LGBTQ+ Congress members have blasted “holier-than-thou” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA) for banning Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), the sole transgender House member, from using bathrooms in the Capitol that match her gender identity. The queer Congress members also criticized Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for introducing legislation that would ban trans people from

Married soccer stars Kristie Mewis and Samantha Kerr are expecting a baby. The couple announced the news on Instagram along with a series of black and white photo booth pictures of the happy couple in which they are holding a sonogram. “Mewis-Kerr baby coming 2025!” the caption reads. Kerr – who is considered one of

After passage of an updated and draconian book ban by the Tennessee Legislature in July, a single school district in the state has removed over 400 books from school libraries deeming them as “appealing to the prurient interest.”  Books pulled from shelves range from graphic novels and picture books to acclaimed titles by authors Toni

An Arizona school district shut down a high school’s planned performance of The Laramie Project, a play about the 1998 murder of gay 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, merely a few hours before it was set to premiere. The play has since been rescheduled, but students fear district officials may try and censor the play’s central message.

Surviving victims of the 2022 mass shooting at the LGBTQ+ bar Club Q, along with the mothers of those who were killed, have filed two lawsuits alleging that improper safety measures caused the tragedy. Anderson Lee Aldrich killed five and injured 19 at the Colorado Springs nightclub in November 2022. In June, they were sentenced

The players on San Jose State University’s women’s volleyball team are now suing their team’s head coach, university, and Mountain West (MW) Conference officials for allowing a transgender woman to play on their team. Five teams have recently tried to forfeit their matches with the team because of the trans player. Brooke Slusser, the team

Alexandra Billings arrives to the 2017 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival “Transparent” Season 4 Screening on July 15, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Award-winning transgender actress Alexandra Billings says supporters of President-elect Donald Trump mass reported her profile on TikTok, leading to it being permanently banned from the video-sharing platform. Despite this, she has

MSNBC host and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki warned Democrats not to give in to the right-wing fearmongering over trans issues in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory. “It’s important not to yield to manufactured panic and to align with the actual facts before making sweeping claims,” she told viewers on an episode

Texas law still technically bans gay sex, and Democrats in the state have filed two bills to change that in the upcoming legislative session, the Hill reports. The law has not been enforceable since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas, but it remains on the books as a misdemeanor with a

Denzel Washington in ‘Gladiator II’ Director Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II may be set in ancient Rome, which was relatively tolerant of certain forms of same-sex relationships, but don’t expect to see much queer smooching in the film. In fact, according to star Denzel Washington, a scene in which his character kisses another man was cut

A Texas city infamous for placing a $10,000 bounty on trans people who use bathrooms and locker rooms that do not align with their sex assigned at birth has voted to make its policy even more strict. On Tuesday, the Odessa City Council voted 5-1 to maintain its bathroom ban and allow individual citizens (whether

Josh Seiter, the grifting ex-Bachelorette contestant and “clout-chasing” trans hoaxster, got a fresh fix of attention this week when his Drag Race ex-girlfriend spoke out about the one-time couple’s relationship after Seiter spent months “owning the libs” with an elaborate and faked “transition” that involved him regularly wearing makeup and dresses. Monica Beverly Hillz, a

Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian lawmakers have moved to outlaw adoption by people from countries where gender-affirming care is legal. Russian language outlet Zona Media reports that the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly, has unanimously approved a bill that would prohibit the adoption of Russian children by citizens of foreign

Bryan Smith, a DJ and barber well-known in D.C.’s LGBTQ+ community, died last week following what police have described as a robbery that left him lying unconscious on the street with severe head injuries. According to The Washington Blade, police confirmed Smith’s death last week but were still determining the cause and circumstances. Related: “Once

The United States Postal Service shared good news on Friday with an announcement they’ll be honoring two LGBTQ+ icons with stamps in 2025: Keith Haring and Betty White. “This early glimpse into our 2025 stamp program demonstrates our commitment to providing a diverse range of subjects and designs for both philatelists and stamp enthusiasts,” said

Failed gubernatorial recall candidate Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the East Valley Republican Women Federated headquarters in La Quinta, California on August 16, 2021. Caitlyn Jenner is being sued in California for alleged securities fraud concerning her celebrity meme cryptocurrency, $JENNER memecoin. The plaintiffs in the case allege that they have lost tens of thousands of

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Donald Trump announced that Robert Kennedy Jr. is his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and he’s getting support from unusual quarters. Kennedy has no background in medical science and is known for his wacky, anti-scientific approach to health, which includes