Key West just upgraded their rainbow crosswalks in a major way
On Monday, the city of Key West, Florida installed four permanent rainbow crosswalks in the heart of their LGBTQ entertainment district. In doing so, the...
June 20, 2020
Twenties’s Jonica ‘Jojo’ Gibbs on Black Queer Visibility in Hollywood
In Lena Waithe’s Twenties, which premiered earlier this year on BET, Jonica “Jojo” Gibbs plays Hattie, an aspiring TV writer who lands a plum job...
June 19, 2020
Pompeo forces ambassador to South Korea to take down embassy’s Pride & Black Lives Matter banners
The U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea has removed a rainbow Pride flag and a Black Lives Matter (BLM) banner from the exterior of its...
June 19, 2020
Meet the Black Lesbian Trucker Hero Honored by Nick Jonas
As the pandemic has shown, real heroes do not have superpowers like flight or invisibility. They are ordinary people who, in doing their jobs, make...
June 19, 2020
Poet Jericho Brown: This Country Doesn’t See Black People as Human
The holiday of Juneteenth commemorates the official end of American slavery, when it was abolished 155 years ago in Texas, the last state practicing it....
June 19, 2020
Actress Dalila Ali Rajah Amplifies Black Queer Joy on Instagram
Actress, storyteller, and creator and cohost of Cherry Bomb, Dalila Ali Rajah (pictured above in a photo by Connie Kurtew), was inspired to create the Instagram...
June 19, 2020
Transgender Woman Shot to Death by Colorado State Patrol
A 33-year-old person shot to death by a Colorado State Patrol officer in May has now been identified as a transgender woman. Jayne Thompson of...
June 19, 2020
Customer spits in bartender’s face & flees after being told to wear a mask in a gay bar
Shane Cullinan — a bartender who works in the city of Wilton Manors, Florida — said that local business owner Gary Bouvier, spit in his...
June 19, 2020
The Significance of Juneteenth
On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, to make an important announcement: Slavery had been abolished in the U.S., including in...
June 19, 2020
Tracie Ellis Ross Chats with Honey Davenport About ‘The High Note’
Drag performer, activist, and singer Honey Davenport (RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11) recently sat down with — via video chat, of course — actress, activist,...
June 19, 2020
Trans woman killed by cruel teen who returned to scene of crime to shoot her dead body again
18-year-old Orlando Perez is being held without bail after being accused of viciously murdering Selena Reyes-Hernandez after she told him that she was transgender. The...
June 18, 2020
A judge has ruled on Trump’s battle with a same-sex family. It didn’t go well for Trump.
A U.S. District Judge has ruled in favor of a male same-sex couple fighting the U.S. State Department after the government claimed their child born...
June 18, 2020
‘Can You Save Superman?’ Exhibit Boldly Challenges the Gay Blood Ban
A bold new exhibit from New York-based artist Jordan Eagles and curated by Eric Shiner, the executive director of Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, ...
June 14, 2020
For This Lesbian Physician Assistant, Being Out at Work Is Essential
The stars twinkle overhead in the clear sky as I open the front door, kiss my fiancée goodnight, and leave for my shift at the...
June 13, 2020
Trump administration will allow health care providers to discriminate against transgender people
In the middle of a global pandemic, the Trump administration has finalized a rollback of discrimination protections for transgender people that were part of the...
June 12, 2020
25 Shots From the Ultimate Leather Magazine
Drummer magazine originally launched in Los Angeles in 1975 and ran until 1999. It was the largest American leather magazine and has been said to...
June 12, 2020
Trump Administration Kills Trans Protections in Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Friday announced changes to the Affordable Care Act that reverse protections for transgender people added by the...
June 12, 2020
Love, Victor’s Lead Meets the Man of His Dreams in Exclusive Clip
Mega-producer Greg Berlanti’s big-screen gay love story Love, Simon made a splash when it dropped in theaters. Now Hulu’s TV series Love, Victor, which features...
June 12, 2020
Pride Marches From 1969 to Present in 15 Unearthed Images
Marches throughout the 2000s focused on the long and contentious battle for marriage equality. By June 2004, 4,000 same-sex marriage licenses were issued in San...
June 12, 2020
Why All Stars’ Derrick Barry Loves Being in a Throuple
Last week, Derrick Barry sashayed away after failing to impress the judges on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars with her celebrity impressions during a talent...
June 12, 2020
