The ERA Is Queer and It Always Has Been
One year ago today, January 27, 2020, lawmakers in Virginia made history — becoming the 38th and final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights...
January 27, 2021
Trans Acting Legend Alexandra Billings on Her Role on ‘The Conners’
A Hollywood veteran of nearly two decades, Alexandra Billings is currently guest-starring on a multi-episode arc of the hit ABC sitcom The Conners as Robin,...
January 27, 2021
Gay Republican Richard Grenell: Trump to Seek Presidency Again
Donald Trump definitely wants to run for president again, according to Richard Grenell, who was the highest-ranking out official in the Trump administration. “He’s told...
January 26, 2021
Hate Crime Charge Added in Gruesome Grindr Attack on Gay Teen
A horrifically violent attack on a gay Louisiana teen is now being prosecuted as a hate crime seven months after the incident originally took place....
January 26, 2021
Gay ‘Former Liberal’ Arrested for ‘Disorderly Conduct’ at Capitol Riot
A gay man who participated in the riots at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested. Brandon Straka was detained Monday by FBI agents in Omaha....
January 26, 2021
Liz Cheney Aide Gay-Baits Matt Gaetz With Makeup Remark
An aide to U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney gay-baited Cheney’s colleague Matt Gaetz as the two Republican members of Congress continue to feud over the latest...
January 26, 2021
Ending Trans Military Ban Is First Step in Our Community’s Healing
Yesterday, the Biden administration reversed one of the most discriminatory and irrational policies of the Trump administration: the ban on transgender people serving in the...
January 26, 2021
Finally, a Film for Gays Who ‘Can’t Play Basketball’
Can’t do a layup? You’re not alone. Nick Borenstein’s latest film, Pete Can’t Play Basketball, is an ode to queer people who have been ostracized...
January 26, 2021
Adam Lambert to Curate Star-Studded Stonewall Day Events
Out pop star Adam Lambert, along with his Feel Something Foundation, is teaming up with the nonprofit organization Pride Live and Pride Media (parent company of...
January 26, 2021
BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Seniors Cannot Wait Any Longer for COVID Vaccine
It’s well-known that older Americans have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic – in fact, they are the most likely to be hospitalized...
January 24, 2021
Queer Journalist Fired by New York Times After Pro-Biden Tweet
The New York Times is under fire after terminating an editor who had tweeted that she had “chills” after watching Joe Biden’s plane land as...
January 24, 2021
New York City now officially recognizes LGBTQ businesses as minority-owned enterprises
This week, New York City announced that it was officially recognizing businesses owned by LGBTQ people as part of their minority & women-owned business enterprise...
January 24, 2021
Anti-LGBTQ politician who proudly opposed conversion therapy ban is kicked out of his party
A right-wing politician has been voted out of his party for a series of actions that officials found contrary to their party’s conservative values. That...
January 24, 2021
Trump blocked Dr. Fauci from going on Rachel Maddow’s show “for months.” Biden has already let him.
In an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show on January 22, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Dr. Anthony Fauci revealed that...
January 24, 2021
Cheyne Gallarde’s Legendary Queens and Superheroes
Cheyne Gallarde is a multi-faceted artist born and raised in Hawaii. Prior to creating illustrations, Cheyne was an award-winning fashion photographer. Cheyne’s illustration work reimagines...
January 22, 2021
Son of prominent anti-gay Nigerian politician causes internet frenzy by coming out as “Gay AF”
Bolu Okupe is the son of Dr. Doyin Okupe, a physician and politician in Nigeria, where LGBTQ rights are severely limited and same-sex relationships are...
January 22, 2021
Any Gay With a Lisp Has a Hero in Biden and Amanda Gorman
I used to be pulled out of classes during my early grade school years, between second and sixth grades. It wasn’t because I had misbehaved,...
January 22, 2021
Meet the Queer Schoolteacher Who Made Bernie’s Inauguration Mittens
A week ago, Jen Ellis of Essex Junction, Vt., was living her normal life as a schoolteacher with her partner, Liz, and their daughter. Now...
January 22, 2021
Texas could charge doctors with “child abuse” if they treat a transgender child or teen
The first bill targeting transgender people in Texas has been filed. State Rep. Steve Toth (R) has filed HB 68, a bill that would make...
January 22, 2021
Biden Admin Will Have LGBTQ+ Envoy, Allow Pride Flags at Embassies
President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of State says he will appoint an envoy for LGBTQ+ rights and let the U.S. embassies display the LGBTQ+...
January 22, 2021
