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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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Actress Chloë Grace Moretz has officially come out as gay after years of speculation about her sexuality. In a post endorsing Kamala Harris for president, Moretz declared that “as a gay woman” she believes in the need for LGBTQ+ legal protections. Related Actor Jermelle Simon comes out in emotional video: “I’ve decided to love myself unconditionally”

Pete Buttigieg Photo: Jubilee Media Pete Buttigieg, a surrogate for Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, flipped six out of 12 undecided voters to Kamala Harris in a just-released debate from Michigan. The event, sponsored by Jubilee Media, put Pete in front of 25 voters from his adopted home state who identified as either undecided, for Trump,

While campaigning in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (where Arnold Palmer was born in 1929 and learned to golf from his father), Donald Trump, in his inimical insensitivity and inappropriateness, referred to the golfer’s large schlong. “Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women,” Trump said. “This is a guy that

An image from Dr. Seuss’s “Wacky Wednesday”, illustrated by Photo: YouTube screenshot A Republican-backed law has led to the removal of hundreds of books from school libraries in one Tennessee county — including a title by children’s author Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss’s 1974 children’s book Wacky Wednesday is among more than 400 titles that have

Autocrats and other right-wing so-called “populists” dehumanize, scapegoat, and villainize immigrants as the cornerstone of their hoped-for political victories and governing strategies once in office. Leaders in government, including in Hungary and Italy, have grabbed onto this longtime fear tactic, and it has been used successfully in recent elections in Austria with the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ),

Four years ago, when then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg became the first openly LGBTQ+ presidential candidate from a major political party to win delegates, many imagined the real possibility of a queer top executive for the first time. But perhaps the next major milestone in LGBTQ+ representation will occur in a different branch of government — the

There has been a 112% increase in documented attacks on LGBTQ+ people nationwide, according to a newly unveiled Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker (ALERT) from the queer media watchdog organization GLAAD. GLAAD hopes to use the tracker to provide comprehensive reporting and analysis detailing anti-LGBTQ+ hate in the U.S. and the specific communities and targets affected

This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. Paris Alexander had been in a destructive relationship for over a decade, learning to tolerate the intolerable even as the abuse progressed—first mental and emotional torment, then physical and sexual torture. Like many survivors, Alexander, who is nonbinary, stayed in the relationship

Luke Evans Photo: Shutterstock In his forthcoming memoir, out actor Luke Evans describe being bullied for being gay before he even understood his own sexuality. “What hurt the most was being pushed away,” the Welsh actor told The Guardian in a recent interview. “Somebody not wanting to sit next to me in class. At break

Brandy Livingston Photo: Screenshot News 10 A transgender woman in New York is suing Hooters for sex discrimination after their refusal to hire her. Brandy Livingston says she filed a claim with the New York State Division of Human Rights over her treatment by the “breastaurant” franchise located upstate near Albany. Related: “I’m suing Hooters

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, not shown, speak the media prior to Netanyahu‚Äôs address to the U.S. Congress on July 24, 2024 in Washington. Photo: Josh Morgan / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN images He’s five feet two and he’s six feet fourHe fights with missiles and

Charlie Kirk Photo: Screenshot Conservatives across the web have been freaking out over a Julia Roberts ad that encourages women to vote for their own beliefs and not how their husbands say. This week, Julia Roberts released a political ad depicting two women going to vote and defying pressure from their husbands to vote for

With the election just days away, the specter of a second Trump administration looms over the LGBTQ+ community. While Trump’s maniacal vision for what makes America great again is bad enough, the possibility of implementing the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for autocracy, Project 2025, is even worse. The 900-page manifesto, conjured up by nearly 150 former Trump administration

JD Vance Photo: Screenshot The Joe Rogan Experience Republican nominee for vice president, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), brought the culture wars to a friendly forum on Thursday with a visit to Joe Rogan’s podcast. Vance told Rogan, “I wouldn’t be surprised if me and Trump won just the normal gay guy vote.” He’s alone in

Amber Green and her children slept in their van after fleeing Texas over the state’s persecution of trans youth. They shared Green’s Dodge Caravan with four cats and three pet lizards, forced to huddle against their owners for warmth when the nights would dip below the freezing point. They slept at a truck stop in

Democratic elected officials and prominent black male leaders gather during a press conference to voice why black men should vote for presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the upcoming election at I Am A Man Plaza on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 in Memphis, Tennessee Photo: Stu Boyd II-The Commercial Appeal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn

Kamala Harris during an October 16, 2024 campaign event in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Photo: Shutterstock An angry white man in rural Stewartstown, Pennsylvania was captured on video screaming violent homophobic threats against two gay men canvassing for Vice President Kamala Harris. The incident occurred as Jason Bello and Justin Coniaris, two Washington D.C. residents, walked

Emil Wilbekin has lived many lives. From being editor-at-large at Essence and chief content officer at Afropunk to being a professor at the acclaimed Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), the “world of Wilbekin” continues to expand. Not to mention, he’s also the founder of the Black queer-focused nonprofit Native Son, named after gay Black author

Hispanic and Latino people are less likely to support politicians who use or are associated with “Latinx,” the gender-inclusive term referring to Hispanic and/or Latino populations, according to a new study from Georgetown and Harvard Universities. The term — which challenges the Spanish language’s masculine-leaning gender binary and increases awareness of non-binary Latinos — has

Serenity Birdsong Photo: MT Lambda Instagram Serenity Birdsong, a transgender student at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), killed themselves on Monday inside the campus’ James E. Walker Library. Birdsong was vice president of MTSU’s student LGBTQ+ organization MT Lambda. The school canceled classes and closed the library on Tuesday but resumed normal operations on Wednesday.

A cardboard cutout of Donald Trump beside a pharmacist denying birth control and abortion medications to a customer in HRC’s new ad Photo: Screenshot The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a quirky new ad featuring a cardboard cutout of Donald Trump invading the privacy of LGBTQ+ Americans. “Enjoy your privacy?” the voiceover asks as

Paris Olympics artistic director Thomas Jolly Photo: Screenshot AP Seven people in France have been arrested and charged for allegedly cyberbullying the artistic director of the Paris Olympics this summer, French authorities announced last Friday. The Paris prosecutor’s office said the arrests were the “first wave” in a series of prosecutions they intend to carry

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. speaks during the first day of the Republican National Convention. Photo: Jasper Colt / USA TODAY NETWORK Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spewed anti-LGBTQ+ talking points to defend a comedian who made numerous racist comments at the New York City rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump,

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 Puerto Rican celebrities have come out strong for Kamala Harris after a comedian made a racist joke about the island while speaking at a rally for Donald Trump.

A “barnstorming” tour in search of LGBTQ+ voters for Donald Trump kicked off earlier this month organized by the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR), who are on their own search for proximity to power and cocktail parties should the former president regain the White House. The MAGA king was nowhere to be found. Related: Instead, the

“Under the Hitler regime…the most important thing that I learned…was that bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problems. The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful, and the most tragic problem is silence.” -Joachim Prinz, Rabbi of Berlin, exiled in 1937 to the United States, from his speech on August 28, 1963, in