12/21/24
Author: Alex Cooper Hi there, Maxim Elramsisy/Shutterstock John Nacion/ShutterstockNikki Aye for The Advocate Christopher Furlong/Getty Images shutterstock creative Courtesy Emmett Brock via NBC News; surveillance...
December 21, 2024
Joe Biden establishes national monument for first woman Cabinet member & brains behind the New Deal
Author: Molly Sprayregen President Joe Biden has established a national monument in Newcastle, Maine, to Frances Perkins, the first woman member of a presidential Cabinet...
December 21, 2024
Courthouse that issued country’s first gay marriage license becomes National Historic Landmark
Author: Molly Sprayregen U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week that the Boulder County Courthouse in Colorado has been designated a National...
December 21, 2024
120 anti-trans bills have already been filed across the United States before 2025 has even started
Author: Erin Reed After a record-breaking year for anti-trans legislation, 2025 is shaping up to be even more challenging for transgender and queer people across...
December 21, 2024
Anti-trans activists storm school board meeting to complain about trans girl running cross country
Author: Mira Lazine A school board meeting in Riverside, California, went awry after Republicans and anti-trans activists stormed the town hall in opposition to school...
December 21, 2024
Freemasons, gay men, and corrupt elites in Cameroon — inside a conspiracy theory
Author: Peter Geschiere,Rogers Orock An unusual and fascinating new book has been written by two anthropologists, called Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa: Freemasonry, Homosexuality, and...
December 21, 2024
Kathy Hochul vetos financial protection bill introduced after murders of gay men
Author: Ryan Adamczeski New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill designed to protect users of money-sharing apps even after two high-profile cases of...
December 21, 2024
Biden administration abandons efforts to protect transgender student-athletes from discrimination
Author: Jacob Ogles President Joe Biden’s administration late on Friday abandoned efforts to protect the right of trans athletes to participate in sports based on...
December 20, 2024
From Saturnalia to Santa, is Christmas just drag in disguise?
Author: Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière I think those folks were on to something when they referenced making the Yuletide gay. Voices is dedicated to featuring...
December 20, 2024
Ketanji Brown Jackson fulfills lifelong dream by performing in Broadway’s very queer “& Juliet”
Author: John Russell Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson fulfilled her longtime dream of performing on Broadway when she recently made a special one-night-only appearance...
December 20, 2024
Texas school district bans the Bible because of its “patently offensive” sexual content
Author: Greg Owen Based on a new Texas state mandate that bans reading material in school libraries which “describes, depicts, or portrays sexual conduct in...
December 20, 2024
Tennessee pizzeria faces backlash for refusing to cater same-sex weddings
Author: Donald Padgett A pizzeria in Tennessee received widespread criticism after confirming it does not cater same-sex weddings because of the personal beliefs of its...
December 20, 2024
Meet Bobbie Simpson: California’s first out trans school board member
Author: Ryan Adamczeski Bobbie Simpson made history Wednesday when she was sworn in as a member of the Shasta County Gateway Unified School District school...
December 20, 2024
Here are the 30 transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year
Author: Trudy Ring The transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year INSTAGRAM @TRANSGENDERDISTRICT; FACEBOOK @EVOLLUSION; INSTAGRAM @EDENROSETORRES; EVERLOVED @ALEX-FRANCO“What often happens is there...
December 20, 2024
‘Drag Race’ struggles: Salina EsTitties shares the reality behind the glamour
Author: Ricky Cornish Tip your queens! Between the economy, political discourse, and oversaturation of incredible RuPaul’s Drag Race dolls around the globe, it’s becoming very...
December 20, 2024
A Brief Police History of Queer Edmonton
One of the most infamous early examples of persecution of the gay community occurred in 1942 with a series of same-sex trials in Edmonton. The trials were the result of a coordinated effort between the RCMP and Edmonton Police, who conducted a sting operation in response to a personal ad in the Edmonton Journal. Over the course of a few months, ten men were arrested, and nine were convicted for engaging in same-sex activity.
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December 19, 2024
This Florida county just adopted a new sex-ed curriculum — minus the sex
Author: Judd Legum This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. — it then appeared on Mother JonesAccording to the SentinelThat...
December 15, 2024
Gay cop developed PTSD as he worried about colleagues poisoning him after years of harassment
Author: John Russell A gay police officer is suing the city of Oceanside, California, alleging he faced both anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and retaliation after he reported...
December 15, 2024
Luigi Mangione is not a hunk or hero and there’s a danger in forgetting that
Author: John Casey I remember when Ted Bundy made national headlines after finally being captured in 1978. And what I remember about that is people...
December 15, 2024
12/14/24
Author: Alex Cooper Hi there, Tom Williams/Getty Images Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images Rebecca Noble/Getty Images JEFF KOWALSKY/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty...
December 14, 2024
