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A judge has blocked the Trump administration from stripping the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP), a bipartisan sex education program that has been running since 2010. Under Donald Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services tried to push an abstinence-only model and strip federal funding from other programs. “This ruling is a positive step

Fox News and Republicans are apparently scandalized that out bisexual San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, who is running for one of California’s U.S House seats, held an August 13 fundraiser at a San Diego, California, lesbian bar called Gossip Grill. The right-wing media outlet notes that the venue’s events include “Girls, Gays and

Michael Allen Caruso | police photo Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appointed Michael Allen Caruso last August to serve as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts and comptroller. Caruso was arrested yesterday on charges of molestation, kidnapping, luring and enticing a child, lewd and lascivious exhibition, and child abuse early yesterday morning, according to an

A Kansas judge has issued an order to temporarily reinstate the driver’s license of one trans woman. The ruling states that she is likely to succeed in her case against the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) and that KDOR violated due process by invalidating the license. “Plaintiff was deprived of her constitutional Due Process right

An unknown vandal spray-painted graffiti and smashed a window displaying pro-LGBTQ+ signs at Corner Drug, a family-owned pharmacy in Woodland, California early Monday morning. The signs expressed support for Woodland Pride and LGBTQ+ residents, with one sign stating, “Hate has no business here” and another rainbow-colored sign declaring the business as a safe space from

A federal judge on Friday ruled against a Trump administration provision to to remove gender-affirming care as an essential health benefit covered under the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 law (also known as Obamacare) which requires the federal government to subsidize such benefits. Senior U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton (an appointee of former President George

Earlier this year, out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk and MAGA conspiracy theorist who was sentenced to years in prison for tampering with voting machines. And new evidence shows that the White House held a “brainstorm call” with several federal agencies to discuss imposing

Video taken late Saturday night shows Atlanta, Georgia police arresting Jen-Chase Daniels, co-owner of the lesbian bar My Sister’s Room, for a noise violation that she says actually came from Blackjack, a nearby bar with outdoor speakers. “We did nothing wrong tonight. We did nothing wrong,” Daniels says in the video (which has been viewed

Transgender CIA agent Julia Curlee spent two decades in the agency, serving four presidents through three wars and travelling to 35 countries. She provided daily intelligence briefs to Vice President Mike Pence during President Donald Trump’s first term, and worked for the first 68 days of Trump’s second term as the White House’s senior CIA

If Pete Buttigieg isn’t going to run for president, he’s doing a really bad job hiding it. Buttigieg is out on the campaign trail, boosting his favored candidates, which is standard fare for any presidential wannabe at this stage of the game. What is different is that Buttigieg is spending a lot of his time

One day, Trump will leave office. T he right-wing minds that control his presidency will have less power, and we’ll start dismantling the anti-trans scaffolding that his administration has built around society. When that day comes, some parts of society will heal faster than others, but the damage that Trump and those behind him have

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An unknown vandal knocked down and crushed a pro-LGBTQ+ display of rainbow-colored doors outside of the First Congregational Church of Fresno in California. While neighbors quickly restored the welcoming display, local police are searching for the vandal (but are not investigating the incident as a hate crime). The church is now working to build a

Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, is getting called out online for completely misreading a book written for 5-year-olds. Oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor were held this week. The case is about a group of parents who objected to so many parts of the curriculum at their

A Florida newspaper last Wednesday criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed Attorney General James Uthmeier for telling the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops that their schools can’t receive taxpayer-funded vouchers if they require vaccinations. “Apparently, Uthmeier believes he understands Catholic values better than some priests, with Pope James saying he has concluded ‘there is no religious basis’

The Big Gay Flotilla, a gay informal annual meet-up slated for last Saturday in Long Beach, California, went on as planned, despite a deluge of death threats and homophobic online attacks, according to organizer Sal Flores. One man who posted a death threat was arrested days before the event and remains in custody, Long Beach

Two queer women directors, Ally Pankiw and Kate Herron, recently revealed that they turned down opportunities to direct episodes of HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series because of the transphobic views of its billionaire author J.K. Rowling. In an Instagram post posted yesterday, Pankiw (who has directed episodes of the comedic series Shrill and The

From buzzing metropolises to scenic beach getaways and cities with rich queer histories, here at GayCities we know just how many places there are to see. And while we haven’t been everywhere, it’s on our list. But between the travel ads, influencer recommendations, and Instagay photo dumps, it can be hard to decipher which friendly

Rosie O’Donnell opened up this week about her struggle to remember her nonbinary child’s pronouns and the heartwarming lengths she’s gone to to remind herself. The actress, comedian, and television host was a guest on Tuesday’s episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, where she tended to misgender her youngest child, 13-year-old Clay, when speaking

Fox News rolled out transgender MAGA cheerleader Caitlyn Jenner on Wednesday to address the latest far-right trans controversy involving the Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham. Last month, Cunningham, the Fever’s popular 6’1″ guard, sparked cheers among anti-trans MAGA types and attendant backlash from trans rights supporters with her assertion to ESPN that banning trans women from

Out actor Neil Patrick Harris said in an interview published yesterday that he publicly came out as gay in a November 2006 statement to People magazine at the age of 33 in anticipation of online blogs potentially outing the then-young actor. Talking with Great Company, a videocast hosted by Jamie Laing, Harris (who is now

Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) has apologized after a discussion of his voting record on trans issues with a group of fellow Democrats turned ugly this week. The congressman, who is up for reelection in November, spent Tuesday evening speaking to Democratic voters in Virginia’s predominantly Republican King George County about what is at stake in

Washington DC Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier ordered the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to pay $252,479.70 to jazz musician Chuck Redd within 45 days because the Center’s former president, gay Trump administration official Richard Grenell, baselessly tried to sue him for cancelling a non-contractual performance at the center after the White House announced

Bród is Pride in Irish Galway Girls, Gays and Theys took to the streets this weekend in celebration. What started with 15 people in Eyre Square in 1989 is now Ireland’s longest continually running Pride festival, welcoming hundreds of visitors to its fourth-largest city every year. Under the theme of “Still We Rise,” the festival

The Trump administration has released a finalized version of a new rule that will bar federal insurance, including the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), from covering gender-affirming care for trans youth. CHIP is a joint federal-state health insurance program that provides low-cost health care for families that can’t afford private insurance. “Every young person is

The manager of the Long Branch Lagoon Water Park in Dodge City, Kansas reportedly screamed and rushed children out of the women’s restroom and changing area on August 8 after three self-described “bearded, burly” transgender men wearing yellow “Compliance Crew” t-shirts followed state law and used the municipal facilities matching the sex listed on their

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped its appeal in a Pennsylvania case where the adminsitration sought access to the private medical records of transgender children. In a short motion, the DOJ asked the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to dismiss its appeal to a lower court decision that denied the DOJ’s

A bar in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, was fined twice for anti-trans discrimination this past month after a state commission found that the bar not only banned a trans woman from using the women’s restroom but also selectively scanned people’s IDs at the door with a policy that targeted trans patrons. The Hideout Arcade Bar &

Courtesy of author There is no pride parade in the world quite like the spectacle taking to the canals every Amsterdam Pride. And there’s no experience like being on a boat with 50 friends as the parade passes by. Last week for World Pride, it was full-on, especially for the “Gaywatch” crowd of our friends

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) — a MAGA congresswoman who has repeatedly accused LGBTQ+ people and their supporters of “grooming” children for sexual abuse — has a 21-year-old son who, as of today, has been charged with three felony counts related to sexual exploitation of a child. Her son, Tyler Boebert, was arrested on Sunday and