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Park Sung-hoon in ‘Squid Game’ Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is addressing criticism over the show’s casting of a cisgender man to play a trans woman in its highly anticipated second season. In an interview with TVGuide.com published on December 17, the writer and director said that while he initially hoped to cast a trans

A long-running dispute between factions of the Methodist church in Nigeria erupted into violence on Sunday when an unidentified individual shot and killed the sister of a Methodist minister and two young children died when their home was set ablaze. The shooting ignited clashes between members of The United Methodist Church (UMC) of Nigeria and

Knit the Rainbow founder Austin Rivers Knit the Rainbow, a nonprofit dedicated to providing colorful handmade knitwear to unhoused LGBTQ+ youth, is in high gear this holiday season as temperatures drop and their clientele seeks shelter from the cold. The group was formed by New Yorker Austin Rivers after he discovered his passion for knitting during

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Fox News. In just one week, the new Congress will be in session, and the first order of business for the House will be to elect a Speaker. Early signs point to a tough road for Mike Johnson retaining the position. Thanks to an even narrower GOP marjority than

This fall, security forces in Belarus — the former Soviet republic and staging ground for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, according to reporting by the Associated Press. The university students said the officers were transparent

Transgender men experience high rates of eating disorders due to dysphoria, intense social stigma, and a desire for control in a world that deprives them of it, according to an investigation by LGBTQ+ news outlet Uncloseted Media. According to one study, over 70% of LGBTQ+ people under 24 either are diagnosed with or suspect they

In response to continued attacks on trans women, particularly Black trans women, in the city, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order on Tuesday establishing a  Transfemicide Working Group “to develop comprehensive strategies addressing violence against transgender women in our city.” Under the requirements of the order, the city’s Commission on Human Relations will

A blonde girl in a schoolgirl’s apron writes on the wall several times following “I will not write on the wall”. Stencil graffiti style. A mysterious tag by an anonymous graffiti artist is intriguing students around the campus of UCLA in Westwood, California. The simple, spray-painted message: “I’m gay.” Related: The tag made its first

An old Instagram post about solo polyamory has gone viral as of late, often with derision. The post – which depicts a series of infographics explaining the concept – is being mocked by people who don’t view polyamorous people favorably. But what exactly is solo polyamory? Related: Solo polyamory has a broad meaning. It’s not

All She Wrote Books, a queer and feminist bookstore in Sommerville, Massachusetts, is opening itself up for weddings. The store offers three wedding tiers ranging from $350 – $900, which include services like sound system access, photographers, and even book concierges. Their website also says they’ll help coordinate the event. The first wedding will take

A creepy masked nun looks for stabby fun in the Christmas horror movie “It’s a Wonderful Knife.” When it comes to Christmas movies, there are two kinds of people: Ones who go for the heartwarming rom-coms, the fun family adventures, the films about togetherness, comfort and joy… and then there are the people who just

Nowadays, there’s a ton of LGBTQ+ Christmas movies. But that certainly wasn’t always the case. The genre started in the 1970s and then laid dormant until 1995 for Home for the Holidays, a film that’s technically a Thanksgiving movie. There was another drought until 2000, when a slow trickle started with one or two queer

A heartwarming new ad from Hyundai Canada depicts married hockey superstars Brianne Jenner and Hayleigh Cudmore driving with one of their children. The sweet ad, affectionately named “Babies on Board,” shows Jenner driving while utilizing the new Hyundai Tucson’s baby mode feature. Jenner drives slowly and cautiously to keep the baby asleep before revealing a

President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act yesterday, which included a provision stripping health care for the trans children of military personnel. The $895 billion bill was primarily focused on funding the military and increasing pay, housing and childcare for military personnel. However, right-wing members of Congress, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, inserted

Johannesburg, South Africa – October 2019: Pride Africa banner displayed during South Africa gay pride march In a pointed rebuttal to the growing anti-LGBTQ+ movement spreading across the African continent, leaders championing Africa’s so-called “pink economy” gathered recently in Cape Town to inaugurate the South African arm of the Queer & Allied Chamber of Commerce

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over its policies allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports. Paxton’s lawsuit, filed on Sunday, December 22, takes the novel approach of accusing the NCAA of “engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices

An Ohio school district has paid a $450,000 settlement to a teacher who was forced to resign after refusing to address two students by their transgender names and personal pronouns. Vivian Geraghty was an English teacher at Jackson Memorial Middle School in Stark County from August 2020 until August 26, 2022. Geraghty, a Christian, reportedly

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., on May 3, 2024, in Sedona. Kyrsten Sinema arrived in the U.S. Senate in 2019 as a Democrat with a pledge to model her tenure on another Arizona senator, self-described Republican “maverick” John McCain, who died just months before her election. She lived up to that promise in some ways, bucking

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Actor Lukas Gage is opening up about feeling pressured to come out as gay and expressing sympathy for Kit Connor who he says faced a similar “witch hunt.” The Smile 2 star appears on the cover of the latest issue of Attitude, and in the accompanying profile Gage recalls dealing with the public perception that

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Viciously anti-LGBTQ+ failed gubernatorial candidate and current North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) has been fined $35,000 by the North Carolina State Board of Elections for committing hundreds of campaign finance violations during the 2020 election when he won the race for North Carolina lieutenant governor. A report

U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (1880-1965) as President of the International Business Women’s Congress held in Paris in 1936. President Joe Biden has established a national monument in Newcastle, Maine, to Frances Perkins, the first woman member of a presidential Cabinet who may also have been part of the LGBTQ+ community. Perkins served as

Nikki Giovanni at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA on Monday, April 24, 2023. On the evening of December 9, I read about the death of legendary poet and educator Nikki Giovanni while searching for something on the Internet. What a tremendous loss. I thought I was going to cry.  On November 9, a month before her death,

A school board meeting in Riverside, California, went awry after Republicans and anti-trans activists stormed the town hall in opposition to school policies protecting transgender girls. The Riverside County School District held a board meeting on Thursday, with California Assemblymembers Bill Essayli (R) and Leticia Castillo (R) in attendance alongside a crowd of anti-trans activists

Based on a new Texas state mandate that bans reading material in school libraries which “describes, depicts, or portrays sexual conduct in a way that is patently offensive,” officials in a school district in the Texas panhandle recently removed the Bible from library shelves. Then they put it back. Related: In an email to parents

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson fulfilled her longtime dream of performing on Broadway when she recently made a special one-night-only appearance in the very queer musical & Juliet. On December 14, the Biden appointee — and the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court — took the stage at the Stephen Sondheim

Officials in Louisiana held a series of meetings in October and November, telling Department of Health staff that the state would no longer allow them to promote COVID, flu, and mpox vaccinations. The new policy would be implemented quietly and would not be put in writing, four health department employees told NPR. They asked to