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Melania Trump and Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attend the Trumpettes Gala at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, February 10, 2024 Photo: JIM RASSOL/PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK Melania Trump, the current wife of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, wrote a stirring defense of reproductive freedom in her new book, a message

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Photo: Shutterstock California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has signed the “California Freedom to Read Act” (Assembly Bill 1825). The law forbids any state-funded public libraries from removing books or refusing to purchase books based on their “views, ideas, or opinions.” “Book-banning proponents are disproportionately targeting materials containing the voices and lived

Cabrel Ngounous, a 19-year-old, fled his native Cameroon after neighbors caught the teenager with his boyfriend. A crowd surrounded his boyfriend’s house and beat him, Ngounou said. His own family learned of the relationship and threw him out. After a dangerous, four-year journey through at least five countries and a sexual assault in a Libyan

In 2017, Charmaine McGuffey, then the highly-decorated Major in Command of jail and court services for the Hamilton County Sheriff in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the highest-ranking woman in the office’s history, was fired by her boss, Sheriff Jim Neil, who had a history of telling her to “sit down and be quiet.” McGuffey was a

Vladimir Putin Photo: Shutterstock Chechen human rights group SK SOS has reported gay men in the Russian republic are being forcibly conscripted into Russia’s war with Ukraine. One man has died in the fighting. As reported in a Telegram post by the outlawed organization — established in 2021 to provide assistance to LGBTQ+ individuals facing life-threatening

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz takes the stage to give an acceptance speech during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center. Photo: Jasper Colt / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Jason Miller, senior advisor to former President Donald Trump, called Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (MN) “effeminate”

Harper Steele and Will Ferrell in ‘Will & Harper’ Photo: Netflix Will Ferrell and Harper Steele wanted their new documentary, Will & Harper, to be available to stream ahead of the 2024 election. The film, which follows the long-time friends on a road trip across the U.S. — former Saturday Night Live head writer Steele’s

Corey DeAngelis on Fox News Photo: YouTube screenshot Anti-LGBTQ+ activist Corey DeAngelis has seemingly admitted to having appeared on gay adult website a week after numerous websites noted that he had appeared as “Seth Rose” on the gay adult video website GayHoopla. DeAngelis, who wrote The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our

Photo: Derrick Anderson for Virginia As Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance faces continued controversy over his outrageous claim that “childless cat ladies” are running the country, a childless, single man running for one of Virginia’s U.S. House seats — who lives alone with his dog — has enlisted a woman and her children to pose

Former president Donald J. Trump smiles while delivering remarks on Sept. 12, 2024, at Tucson Music Hall in Tucson, Ariz. Photo: Owen Ziliak/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s campaign claimed that the former president would provide “universal access” to IVF treatment, dangling the prospect of coverage for the

John Raymond, founder of Lakeside Christian Academy Photo: Slidell Police A well-known MAGA pastor in Louisiana has been convicted of three felony counts of child abuse and a fourth for second-degree child cruelty. John Raymond, the founder of Lakeside Christian Academy in St. Tammany Parish, was accused of wrapping packing tape around the mouths and

BOOM! The cannon fired. The man next to me and I both jumped. My husband Brent and I are American expats who have lived outside of our home country for seven years. I was recently standing on the deck of a cruise ship, about to leave Portland, England, our latest port of call. On the

After Little Gay Pub, a beloved gay bar in D.C., was vandalized multiple times, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police has said they have arrested a suspect and are considering hate crime charges. Nicholas Goldstein, 38, from Northwest D.C., was arrested on Monday following an investigation that linked him to two attacks on the pub, according to a

A hairdresser giving a haircut in Louisville Photo: WDRB Barbers and stylists from Louisville, Kentucky, teamed up last Sunday to give free, gender-affirming haircuts for LGBTQ+ youth in the area. “Hair wizards” from across Kentucky’s largest city convened at Werkhaus Barbers on Bardstown Road for the free event aimed at providing “bodily autonomy” for their

Mpox is on the rise again in L.A. County. On Monday, the Los Angeles County Department of Health reported that cases of the disease, formerly known as Monkeypox, had more than doubled over the past four weeks, up to 52 compared to the 24 cases reported during the previous four-week period. Related: As the Los

Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Fall has finally fallen upon us — and we’re pretty thrilled! Libra season is sharpening our artistic sensibilities, a slew of great new TV shows have

Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to supporters as he supports Tom Glass in his campaign for Texas State Representative on Jan. 24, 2024. Photo: Mikala Compton/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that he is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS Secretary Xavier

Jason Miller, senior advisor to former President Donald Trump, said that if Trump wins again, “It’s ‘going to be up to the states’ whether or not they set up regimes to monitor women’s pregnancies so they can prosecute them for getting out-of-state abortions.” In other words, Trump will support Republican attorneys general and other law

This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. In 2014, at an elegant gala inside the Supreme Court’s gilded Great Hall, a tuxedoed Justice Clarence Thomas turned to me and voiced his approval for my work. I glanced over to where Chief Justice John Roberts and his wife, Jane, were

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), speaks during a congressional task force hearing on the assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024. Photo: USA TODAY via Imagn Images This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) posted

Andrew Bailey, Attorney General of Missouri in 2023 Photo: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY via IMAGN Earlier this week, 20 Republican attorneys general banded together to send a letter to the leadership of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the national professional association for pediatricians, accusing them of breaking the law for supporting age-appropriate and life-saving gender-affirming care for

A new study, which was published earlier today in the journal Nature Human Behavior, reveals that anti-transgender laws have a direct, causal relationship with youth suicide attempts: attempted suicide rates increased by as much as 72% following the passage of such laws. The study analyzed laws in the United States, breaking their sample down into

Mark Robinson, Republican candidate for North Carolina governor, speaks at his rally in Burnsville, September 14, 2024. Photo: Angela Wilhelm/Citizen Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Black pastors are condemning North Carolina gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) for his prior statements against civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. However,

Elon Musk stands between the logos for X and Twitter Photo: Shutterstock The social media site X, owned by transphobic billionaire Elon Musk, just released its first transparency report since Musk took it over. The report shows that only 2,361 X accounts were suspended for hateful conduct this year, a 99.7% decrease from the number

Ellen DeGeneres in her 2024 Netflix stand-up special Photo: Netflix screenshot Lesbian comedian Ellen DeGeneres says the allegations of her toxic workplace culture that occurred just before she canceled her long-running talk show “devastated” her and that she wants to remain beloved amongst her viewers and fans. “I’m here because I love doing stand-up, and

A 61-year-old lesbian firefighter and paramedic may soon receive a $1.3 million settlement from Kansas City, Missouri — the city’s largest ever — for enduring 21 years of ageist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ+ abuse from her male coworkers. The city council must now vote on whether to approve the settlement in exchange for her dropping her

Protestors and supporters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2019 in Washington as the justices hear three challenges from New York, Michigan and Georgia involving workers who claim they were fired because they were gay or transgender. Photo: Jack Gruber via Imagn Content Services, LLC LGBTQ+ people are more likely

Chingy Photo: Shutterstock Rapper Chingy is facing backlash for agreeing to perform at a Log Cabin Republicans event this weekend. On Friday, September 20, the gay conservative organization announced the line-up for their upcoming Red White & Rock event. According to TMZ, the event is scheduled to take place at Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk

An email address connected North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, an anti-LGBTQ+ Republican who is running for state governor, was previously used to register accounts on dating websites — including Ashley Madison, Adult Friend Finder, Mate 1, Fling, and the now-defunct website Lords Of Porno — during a time when Robinson was married to his

Activists hold rainbow flags and marks in LGBT rally in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 31,2020. Photo: Shutterstock Taiwan officials have announced same-sex marriages between citizens of Taiwan and China will now be recognized in the breakaway republic. Taiwan was the first Asian country to recognize same-sex marriages in 2019. Related: The move means that cross-strait