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Russian President Vladimir Putin Photo: Shutterstock A Kremlin-backed propaganda network is allegedly behind a disinformation campaign targeting Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, spreading false rumors that he sexually assaulted former students, according to WIRED. Various experts allege that the network Storm-1516 is behind these efforts. This network is tied to many false claims, including one

Jul 27, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Rep. Mark Takano, (D-CA), speaks as he stands with fellow Asian American and Pacific Island members of Congress, during the 2016 Democratic National Convention Photo: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) was just an 18-year-old Californian when, in 1978, conservative state legislator John Briggs sponsored a ballot initiative

Music legend Cher has endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a to-the-point message of support. “She is fighting for all of us,” Cher said in the 21-second video posted to social on Friday. Related: The Believe singer is a longtime Democratic ally and has been politically active since she burst onto the music scene in

Windhoek, Namibia – 05, 20, 2021: Namibian LGBTQIA rights Activists demonstrate in protest march in support of recognition of same sex marriages Photo: Shutterstock With the overturning of Roe v. Wade causing a crisis in abortion care across the country, the LGBTQ+ community and its allies are terrified that something similar could happen to marriage

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at The American Federation of Teachers National Convention Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Houston. Photo: Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK A supporter outside of GOP candidate Donald Trump’s town hall event in Pennsylvania said that Vice President Kamala Harris will “meet her maker” if she can’t be a

Russian police raided Moscow gay club Central Station on October 11. Photo: Screenshot Police in Moscow raided two gay clubs last weekend, detaining over 50 people, in what Novaya Gazeta Europe described as the continued escalation of the Russian government’s crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community. Photos and video from the raids was posted on pro-Russia

A soon-to-be mother is going viral online for her video in which she called out a bakery for allegedly ruining her gender reveal surprise by telling her what color was inside her cake. In the video, TikTok user “morbidmama7,” who is called “Ariel” in the video, plays a voicemail message left for her by an

Several small business owners in Lancaster, Ohio, say they saw an increase in new customers after a local anti-LGBTQ+ group tried to start a boycott campaign against them. According to local NBC affiliate WCMH, the group Fairfield County Conservatives began circulating a list of local small businesses on social media following two September city council meetings

Boston’s brand new National Women’s Soccer League franchise has already found itself in hot water over an ad that many found offensive to transgender athletes. BOS Nation Football Club announced its name and logo Tuesday morning. That same day, the organization shared an ad about how Boston athletics has “Too Many Balls”, along with a

A transgender woman in Vallejo, California has endured a distressing legal hurdle after being assaulted: The district attorney’s legal paperwork exclusively refers to her by her deadname. Jeriann Guzmann had her name legally changed in 2012, so she was shocked when her county’s district attorney sent a letter to her son’s home addressed to her

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Democrat Tim Walz square off during the CBS News vice presidential debate moderated by CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell and Face the Nation moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan. Photo: Jack Gruber, Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Yesterday, Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim

Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe Photo: Human Rights Campaign Convicted killer Daqua Lameek Ritter was sentenced to life in prison following a guilty verdict in the death of Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe, a 24-year-old Black transgender South Carolina woman who Ritter was in a relationship with. Ritter is the first individual to be tried and convicted for

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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 The re-election campaign for former President Donald Trump has spent over $19 million on two transphobic TV ads airing in swing states during NFL and college football games.

Photo: Screenshot Fox News In an appearance at a Fox town hall event hosted by Fox News host Harris Faulkner on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed he could ban transgender women from playing women’s sports in the U.S., an authority he wouldn’t have as president. “You just ban it. The president bans it.

Sec. Pete Buttigieg speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention Photo: Jasper Colt / USA TODAY NETWORK Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) for saying that he does not think Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election despite numerous courts finding no evidence of

For years, lesbian TV screenwriter Elisabeth Finch told her wife, friends, and co-workers that she had chondrosarcoma, a rare cancer. The cancer, she said, required chemotherapy which forced her to have an abortion, and later resulted in her developing a spinal tumor and losing a kidney. Her employers at the TV medical drama Grey’s Anatomy

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni In Italy on Wednesday, the Italian Senate pushed forward the West’s most restrictive ban on international surrogacy, making it a crime punishable by prison time for Italians to use surrogates in another country. The move closes the door on same-sex couples’ last, best option to start a family in the

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) walks into the Capitol prior to the House approving a bill Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Boebert was hospitalized for a blood clot on April 1 and diagnosed with May-Thurner Syndrome. Photo: Jack Gruber, Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tried to stand up for a women’s volleyball

Gavin Grimm, the now-25-year-old trans man who made headlines for suing his Virginia school district over its transphobic bathroom policies, is struggling with mental health challenges, poverty and looming homelessness, according to The Guardian Grimm sued the district after the Gloucester County School Board voted to ban him as a 15-year-old from using the boys’

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies in front of the House Armed Services Committee in Washington on Feb 29, 2024. Photo: Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK The Department of Defense announced that the records of 800 members of the military who were kicked out under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) have been upgraded to

Nazis waving Trump flags Photo: Screenshot/PatriotTakes Neo-Nazis crashed a boat rally for GOP candidate Donald Trump in Jupiter, Florida, this past Sunday, flying swastika flags while shouting racial slurs. And one of the neo-Nazis was spotted wearing a “Moms for Liberty” shirt, showing a possible connection to the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group. “What the f**k are

Pope Francis Photo: Shutterstock Pope Francis on Saturday met with a group of LGBTQ+ activists and allies who encouraged him to overturn the Catholic Church’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people. “I really wanted to share with Pope Francis about the joy that I have being a transgender Catholic person,” Michael Sennett, who took

Kenneth Copeland, an 87-year-old Christian nationalist televangelist who was a member of former President Donald Trump’s Faith Advisory Council, recently led a prayer asking God to “break the power of the homosexual lesbian spirits that are trying to ruin our children and ruin this nation.” Copeland’s prayer — made during a broadcast of the Rescue America

People cannot believe Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) – a known conspiracy theorist – took to X over the weekend to mock none other than conspiracy theorists. The anti-LGBTQ+ congresswoman – who has most recently asserted that Democrats control the weather and created brutal hurricanes to ravage red states – posted a meme depicting someone

Mother Jones’ November+December issue investigates the Christian nationalist movement that aspires to take over government at all levels, from school boards and state legislatures to Congress and the Supreme Court. Read their series of stories here. This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. One August evening, I drove through the cornfields and

Vice President Kamala Harris holds a campaign rally at the Rawhide Event Center in the Gila River Indian Community on Oct. 10, 2024. Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Since running for office, Vice President Kamala Harris’s silence on LGBTQ+ issues has been appallingly deafening. Kamala’s website has one sentence

Colin Lovett is a problem solver. The gay 41-year-old Democratic candidate has an undergrad degree in mathematics, a master’s in business administration, and a professional career spanning regulatory rate optimization and corporate pharmacy benefit management. Related: With a knack for numbers, he’s all about finding the most elegant solution to complicated problems. Your LGBTQ+ guide

A European Union (EU) court has ruled that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, cannot target users in the EU with ads based on public statements they’ve made about their sexual orientation. Gay Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems brought the suit against the social media giant after nearly a decade of receiving ads