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Former Solicitor General of the United States Theodore Olson Theodore Olson, the iconoclastic appellate lawyer behind George W. Bush’s victory before the Supreme Court in 2000, died on Wednesday. He was 84. Olson was widely condemned on the left for his role in stopping the vote count in Florida, which denied Democratic nominee Vice President

April 10, 2024; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine gives his 2024 State of the State address in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday, the Ohio state Senate passed Senate Bill 104, a transgender bathroom ban for all students in the state, including those in higher education. The

The Department of Education (DOE) has found that Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma – the school system that trans teen Nex Benedict attended before he died earlier this year following an altercation with bullies in the school bathroom – violated Title IX by allowing rampant sexual harassment in school. Earlier this year, 16-year-old Benedict’s death

Donald Trump names anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Matt Gaetz as the next attorney general Previous article Charlamagne Tha God misgendered Caitlyn Jenner while slamming her lack of support for trans people Next article Originally published here.

Popular radio host Charlamagne Tha God misgendered Caitlyn Jenner numerous times on a recent episode of his show, The Breakfast Club – all while calling her out for not being supportive enough to the trans community. During the episode, he recalled how Jenner came out as trans in 2015 and contemplated her support for Donald

With a new leadership installed, the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade will allow LGBTQ+ groups to participate under their own banner for the first time in 60 years. The event has become notorious for its steadfast refusal to end the longtime ban despite growing pressure to do so for decades. But Edward Patterson, the

The top three notifiable sexually transmitted infections (STI) have all decreased by 2% over the last year, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday. The total diagnoses of primary and secondary syphilis dropped 10% in the last year — and the overall decrease is related to something that

An elderly Christian nationalist televangelist has said there will be “no more rainbow flags” now that Donald Trump has won re-election. In a recording of his Sunday sermon following Election Day, 87-year-old Kenneth Copeland said, “I believe it’s here right now, the [Christian spiritual] awakening we’ve been waiting for…. Now the atmosphere has been cleansed….

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Beloved lesbian feminist Dorothy Allison, the author of Bastard Out of California, has passed away at age 75. An obituary reports her passing was due to cancer. Her work focused on queer and working-class Southern characters, and examined love between people. She was influenced by the feminist movement of the 1970s, working as an activist

While exit polls have indicated that inflation and an unpopular incumbent president both doomed Kamala Harris’ 107-day run for president, some Democrats are blaming their party’s embrace of transgender people for Harris’ loss. Though several signs indicate that trans issues weren’t responsible for the election’s outcome, some pundits are urging Democrats to reconsider how they

Thousand of New Yorkers gathered over the weekend for the Protect Our Futures March to protest Donald Trump’s hateful agenda. Protestors chanted in favor of LGBTQ+ inclusion, women’s rights, and protections for immigrants – values Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) seems to define as anti-American. In addition to claiming the protestors were “funded,” presumably by

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Former Okra Project executive director Dominique Morgan In a brazen betrayal of her colleagues and the transgender clients they were supporting, Dominique Morgan, the former leader of the Brooklyn-based Black trans advocacy group The Okra Project, allegedly stole nearly $100,000 from a bail fund she created to help trans defendants facing jail time, the Brooklyn

A same-sex couple in Washington state is calling for a boycott of a local restaurant that refused to cater their wedding citing anti-LGBTQ+ Christian beliefs. Rayah Calkins and Lillian Glover told local NBC affiliate KING-TV that they spent a month communicating via social media with Centralia, Washington, eatery JJ’s To Go about catering their January

Congregates of a Michigan Catholic church are outraged that their long-time music director was dismissed after church leaders discovered that he married his same-sex partner four years ago. Fred Szczepanski — affectionately known as “Mr. Fred” to fellow parishioners — served as the music director at Traverse City’s St. Francis Catholic Church for 35 years

On Tuesday, D.C. police released photos of some of the suspects identified in a brutal hate crime attack. Sebastian Thomas Robles Lascarro was attacked by 10 to 15 young men and women in a McDonald’s on October 27. The 22-year-old Colombian model and his husband were in the fast-food restaurant at about 1 am after

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants in Michigan, alleging a transgender employee of the regional fast food chain and three of his co-workers were fired for reporting anti-trans harassment. According to an October 25 EEOC press release, Asher Lucas, a transgender Culver’s shift manager was subjected

Earlier this week, we at LGBTQ Nation asked our readers if they anticipated facing or had faced any barriers to voting. Most didn’t, and even more ended up voting either way. 87% of readers chose the option that said that “voting was a breeze” and didn’t face any barriers. Another 6% said that they did

NYPD Police Officers on duty in Manhattan A 16-year-old transgender boy in Bellingham, Washington was beaten by a group of fellow students who were shouting transphobic slurs. “It took me a few days to realize the gravity that my child was beat because they are transgender,” said Alyssa Ruben, the victim’s mother, to Komo News.

Rep. Greene (R-GA) speaks on May 1, 2024. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is bragging that her views, which she says were once considered “radical extremist views,” are now part of the GOP’s “mainstream.” Tucker Carlson called her “the most reviled person in the world” on his podcast when asking about her political trajectory, from

Writer and filmmaker John Waters is the ultimate fan of horrormeister Vincent Price. “I actually prayed I would wake up and be Vincent Price,” he has been quoted as saying. This fall, Waters is showing his affection for Price by helping his daughter Victoria and her neighbors cope with a real-life horror: losing everything in

On the left, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY). On the right, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) Two U.S. House Democrats have made public statements opposing transgender female athletes playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams. During the election, Republicans spent at least $215 million on anti-trans attack ads, including accusing Democrats of supporting “boys competing against girls,”

Donald Trump’s gay niece, Mary Trump, devoted election season to doing everything she could to warn the public that her uncle was a grave danger to us all. In her most recent blog post, she does her best to process what she calls “this nightmare.” “This is much worse than 2016,” she opened, “but today

10 hours ago “We’ve got this”: More than 70 LGBTQ+ organizations release joint statement of solidarity A group of more than 70 LGBTQ+ organizations has released the following statement. Our LGBTQIA2S+ community has risen again and again to meet moments that have challenged our rights, our humanity, and our freedom. Today is no different.  Ours

2 hours ago “We’ve got this”: More than 70 LGBTQ+ organizations release joint statement of solidarity A group of more than 70 LGBTQ+ organizations has released the following statement. Our LGBTQIA2S+ community has risen again and again to meet moments that have challenged our rights, our humanity, and our freedom. Today is no different.  Ours

State Sen. Sarah McBride Photo: Screenshot The presidential election did not go well for LGBTQ+ people, but there were other elections, and here are some positive results to cogitate on today. This will be the most LGBTQ+ House of Representatives ever Reelection victories have been called in eight out of the nine races that include

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13 minutes ago Barack Obama urges patience over vote counts. Here’s when results will come in. Former President Barack Obama Photo: screenshot Former President Barack Obama has urged voters to be patient while awaiting poll results, stating via X ,”It takes time to count every ballot.” “It took several days to count every ballot in

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