LGBTQ

As I read Congressional Representatives Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) comments about transgender people, the lyrics of the song “Easy to Be Hard” from the Broadway musical Hair came to mind: How can people be so heartless?How can people be so cruel?Easy to be hardEasy to be cold How can people have

Newly-elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first openly transgender person elected to serve in the United States Congress, along with newly-elected Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA), right, and Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), left, before the official new member photo was taken on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on

In the upcoming Supreme Court case US v. Skrmetti, the state of Tennessee is submitting “expert” testimonies from four doctors who have previously been disregarded for bias, conspiratorial beliefs, and who deserve “very little weight,” according to an investigation from The Guardian. The four doctors in question –  Paul Hruz, James Cantor, Michael Laidlaw, and

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the “Our Fight Our Future” voter rally at Texas State University in San Marcos Tuesday October 1, 2024. In an impassioned diatribe to reporters on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) destroyed Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for her tirade against trans Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) and explained how it would put

Santonio Coleman, a gender-nonconforming person from Athens, Georgia, was found mortally wounded on a popular hiking trail near the University of Georgia on Saturday, October 19. They died from their injuries not long after. Athens-Clarke County Police arrived at the scene after a man walking his dog discovered Coleman collapsed on the trail and bleeding profusely

Three out LGBTQ+ Congress members have blasted “holier-than-thou” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA) for banning Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), the sole transgender House member, from using bathrooms in the Capitol that match her gender identity. The queer Congress members also criticized Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for introducing legislation that would ban trans people from

Married soccer stars Kristie Mewis and Samantha Kerr are expecting a baby. The couple announced the news on Instagram along with a series of black and white photo booth pictures of the happy couple in which they are holding a sonogram. “Mewis-Kerr baby coming 2025!” the caption reads. Kerr – who is considered one of

After passage of an updated and draconian book ban by the Tennessee Legislature in July, a single school district in the state has removed over 400 books from school libraries deeming them as “appealing to the prurient interest.”  Books pulled from shelves range from graphic novels and picture books to acclaimed titles by authors Toni

An Arizona school district shut down a high school’s planned performance of The Laramie Project, a play about the 1998 murder of gay 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, merely a few hours before it was set to premiere. The play has since been rescheduled, but students fear district officials may try and censor the play’s central message.

Surviving victims of the 2022 mass shooting at the LGBTQ+ bar Club Q, along with the mothers of those who were killed, have filed two lawsuits alleging that improper safety measures caused the tragedy. Anderson Lee Aldrich killed five and injured 19 at the Colorado Springs nightclub in November 2022. In June, they were sentenced

The players on San Jose State University’s women’s volleyball team are now suing their team’s head coach, university, and Mountain West (MW) Conference officials for allowing a transgender woman to play on their team. Five teams have recently tried to forfeit their matches with the team because of the trans player. Brooke Slusser, the team

Alexandra Billings arrives to the 2017 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival “Transparent” Season 4 Screening on July 15, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Award-winning transgender actress Alexandra Billings says supporters of President-elect Donald Trump mass reported her profile on TikTok, leading to it being permanently banned from the video-sharing platform. Despite this, she has

MSNBC host and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki warned Democrats not to give in to the right-wing fearmongering over trans issues in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory. “It’s important not to yield to manufactured panic and to align with the actual facts before making sweeping claims,” she told viewers on an episode

Texas law still technically bans gay sex, and Democrats in the state have filed two bills to change that in the upcoming legislative session, the Hill reports. The law has not been enforceable since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas, but it remains on the books as a misdemeanor with a

Denzel Washington in ‘Gladiator II’ Director Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II may be set in ancient Rome, which was relatively tolerant of certain forms of same-sex relationships, but don’t expect to see much queer smooching in the film. In fact, according to star Denzel Washington, a scene in which his character kisses another man was cut

A Texas city infamous for placing a $10,000 bounty on trans people who use bathrooms and locker rooms that do not align with their sex assigned at birth has voted to make its policy even more strict. On Tuesday, the Odessa City Council voted 5-1 to maintain its bathroom ban and allow individual citizens (whether

Josh Seiter, the grifting ex-Bachelorette contestant and “clout-chasing” trans hoaxster, got a fresh fix of attention this week when his Drag Race ex-girlfriend spoke out about the one-time couple’s relationship after Seiter spent months “owning the libs” with an elaborate and faked “transition” that involved him regularly wearing makeup and dresses. Monica Beverly Hillz, a

Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian lawmakers have moved to outlaw adoption by people from countries where gender-affirming care is legal. Russian language outlet Zona Media reports that the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly, has unanimously approved a bill that would prohibit the adoption of Russian children by citizens of foreign

Bryan Smith, a DJ and barber well-known in D.C.’s LGBTQ+ community, died last week following what police have described as a robbery that left him lying unconscious on the street with severe head injuries. According to The Washington Blade, police confirmed Smith’s death last week but were still determining the cause and circumstances. Related: “Once

The United States Postal Service shared good news on Friday with an announcement they’ll be honoring two LGBTQ+ icons with stamps in 2025: Keith Haring and Betty White. “This early glimpse into our 2025 stamp program demonstrates our commitment to providing a diverse range of subjects and designs for both philatelists and stamp enthusiasts,” said

Failed gubernatorial recall candidate Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the East Valley Republican Women Federated headquarters in La Quinta, California on August 16, 2021. Caitlyn Jenner is being sued in California for alleged securities fraud concerning her celebrity meme cryptocurrency, $JENNER memecoin. The plaintiffs in the case allege that they have lost tens of thousands of

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Donald Trump announced that Robert Kennedy Jr. is his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and he’s getting support from unusual quarters. Kennedy has no background in medical science and is known for his wacky, anti-scientific approach to health, which includes

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….