Members of a women’s fishing team refuse to compete alongside trans teammate
Author: Molly Sprayregen Three members of an English women’s fishing team in England are refusing to compete at the world championships due to the fact...
October 1, 2023
Did You Know ‘Christian Girl Autumn’ Influencer Caitlin Covington Is an LGBTQ+ Ally?
Author: Christopher Wiggins,Alex Cooper As the autumn breeze sweeps in, Caitlin Covington, the face of the viral ‘Christian Girl Autumn’ meme, welcomes the fall season...
October 1, 2023
Two men plead guilty to assaulting trans woman hours before she was found dead
Author: John Russell Two Puerto Rican men pled guilty to assaulting Alexa Negrón Luciano, a transgender woman, just hours before she was murdered in 2020....
September 30, 2023
Florida College Enters Deal with Department of Education Over Its Alleged Civil Rights Violations
Author: CNN Wire By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved....
September 30, 2023
Local Democratic official faces backlash for calling colleague an anti-gay slur
Author: John Russell A Colorado county commissioner is facing backlash after reportedly lobbing an anti-gay slur at another elected official. According to Martinez Ortega and...
September 30, 2023
Pete Buttigieg Has to Keep Explaining to Republicans That Seasons Aren’t Climate Change
Author: Christopher Wiggins U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has found himself having to explain to Republicans the difference between seasons and the phenomenon of...
September 30, 2023
Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson Mix Art and Crime in Gay Director Nicol Paone’s ‘Kill Room’
Author: Trudy Ring Shout! Studios Hillary Clinton helped Nicol Paone become a film director. And while the revered presidential candidate is a far cry from...
September 29, 2023
Dianne Feinstein: An LGBTQ+ Rights Champion
Author: Trudy Ring U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who died Friday at age 90, is being remembered as a champion of LGBTQ+ equality —...
September 29, 2023
Homophobe Matt Gaetz Seeks Democratic Alliance to Oust McCarthy Amid Shutdown Drama: Report
Author: Christopher Wiggins Amidst the shadow of an impending government shutdown, Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz is quietly rallying support among some House Democrats to...
September 29, 2023
Equality Democrats Blast Republicans’ Bigoted Amendments in Funding Bills
Author: Christopher Wiggins The Congressional Equality Caucus, which is made up for queer and allied lawmakers, released a series of statements on Thursday night, reacting...
September 29, 2023
How a Federal Government Shutdown Will and Won’t Affect You
Author: Trudy Ring If the federal government shuts down due to lack of a spending deal in Congress, Americans will be affected in myriad ways....
September 29, 2023
Dylan Mulvaney Is Trevor Project’s Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year
Author: Trudy Ring The Trevor Project has named Dylan Mulvaney its Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year. @dylanmulvaney Honored to accept the 2023 Trevor Project...
September 29, 2023
Outfest’s Union Effort Meets Employee Layoffs and Executive Director Takes Leave of Absence
Author: Christopher Wiggins Following a staff attempt to unionize, LGBTQ+ nonprofit Outfest laid off five employees, while its executive director, Damien Navarro, has taken an...
September 29, 2023
From AIDS to Assassinations, Sen. Feinstein Was Always There for Us
Author: John Casey The first thing I remember about Senator Dianne Feinstein was her height. After I had moved to New York from Capitol Hill...
September 29, 2023
Queer rally to be held in protest of Suella Braverman’s LGBTQ+ migrants comments
Pride in London is staging a “Stand against Suella” protest to “hold the government accountable” for its anti-LGBTQ+ agenda. The demonstration is due to take place on Sunday (1 October) at 3pm in Parliament Square, and will be co-hosted by African Rainbow Family. “Why are we protesting? Our prime minister still hasn’t banned conversion therapy,” […]
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September 29, 2023
Worrying number of British teen boys still approve of Andrew Tate, study finds
Professional misogynist Andrew Tate is still having a worrying effect on young boys in the UK, a YouGov poll has found. Data suggests that 23 per cent of UK boys aged between 13 and 15 have a positive view of the influencer, while 25 per cent agree with what he has to say. The former […]
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September 29, 2023
Disgraced Republican Lauren Boebert targets US veteran with transphobic rant
Lauren Boebert deliberately misgendered a transgender US veteran during a House debate on Wednesday (27 September). The Republican lawmaker refused to recognise Department of Defense (DoD) deputy under secretary Shawn Skelly’s gender during a debate in the House of Representatives, deliberately using the wrong pronouns throughout the session. Boebert accused Skelly of “failing at [her] […]
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September 29, 2023
Posie Parker’s political party rejected by electoral commission
A political party proposed by gender-critical activist Posie Parker has been rejected by the Electoral Commission. Parker, whose real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, is one of the UK’s best-known anti-trans campaigners and has courted controversy for her views on the transgender community, with Nazi groups attending her Let Women Speak events. In May, Parker posted […]
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September 29, 2023
‘Soulless monster’ awaits sentencing 37 years after homophobia-fuelled Sydney murder
Convicted murderer Stanley Early has been described as a “soulless monster” as he awaits sentencing for the murder of married man Raymond Keane, who he believed to be gay. In June, Stanley Bruce Early, 77, was found guilty of the murder of Keane, a 43-year-old married man, back in 1987 in Sydney, Australia. A New […]
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September 29, 2023
URDUMB URDUMB: Drag Queen Confronts Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric with Kylie Minogue Parody
Author: Christopher Wiggins As a powerful demonstration of wit and resilience, drag legend Morgan McMichaels has uniquely responded to right-wing politicians’ divisive anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric: a...
September 24, 2023
