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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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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