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Hotel Employee Was Fired for “Feminine” Style, Lawsuit Claims
The lawsuit is one of two brought by the EEOC against businesses whose LGBTQ employees claim they were harassed or fired for being gay.
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Right-Wing Outraged Over Buffalo Bills for Gay League Support
The NFL team is sponsoring a National Gay Flag Football League, which left some conservative pundits frothing.
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Namibia’s High Court Decriminalizes Homosexuality
The landmark ruling overturned two colonial-era laws that criminalized same-sex conduct, calling them unconstitutional.
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Mondaire Jones Wins Primary, Launches Comeback Bid
Former U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones, a gay man, got one step closer to returning to Congress after winning his party's nomination on June 25.
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President Biden Pardons Military Members for Gay Sex Convictions
The pardon will allow thousands of LGBTQ former service members to amend their military records and potentially recoup lost pay and benefits.
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Trans-Inclusive Teams Banned from Nassau Sports Facilities
Nassau County lawmakers reinstate policy prohibiting transgender athletes on female sports teams from using county facilities.
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Knife-Wielding Gang Allegedly Hunt Gay Men in Dublin Park
An 18-year-old was arrested after three gay men claimed a knife-wielding gang in a Dublin park chased them.
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George Santos Offers Himself Up on OnlyFans
The gay expelled Congressman who won't go away turns to the adult-oriented site to push "politics" to monthly subscribers.
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Can States Ban Trans Youth Care? Supreme Court to Decide
The high court will hear a challenge to Tennessee's law prohibiting doctors from prescribing hormonal treatments to trans youth.
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Cover Story: Ben Platt Redefines His Musical Journey
Ben Platt on his new record "Honeymind," what "Evan Hansen" gave him, and his charming husband-to-be, Noah Galvin.
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‘Is God Is’ Serves Up Unconventional Revenge (Review)
Constellation's "Is God Is" blends metaphor with blood-soaked violence in an offbeat, sometimes clunky revenge tale.
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A Trump Win Could Transform World Pride 2025
Between now and next June, the presidential election could easily take World Pride 2025 from party to protest.
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Playwright Rachel Lynett Has Some Qualms About Kamala
Playwright Rachel Lynett takes a blistering look at America's most powerful woman in "Letters to Kamala/Dandelion Peace."
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Court Backs Trans Plaintiffs in Oklahoma Lawsuit
A federal appeals court restored a lawsuit challenging Oklahoma's prohibition on amending gender markers, calling the policy "irrational."
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Advertisers in the June 20, 2024 Issue of Metro Weekly
Please check out our advertisers in the June 20 issue of Metro Weekly, featuring Ben Platt on the cover.
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‘Thelma’: One Bad Grandmutha on a Mission (Review)
June Squibb is a feisty grandmother hunting the scam artists who robbed her in the satisfying caper-comedy "Thelma."
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Raises $2 Million for ACLU
Launched in April 2023, the ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund works to counter attacks against the LGBTQ community on multiple fronts.
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Noah J. Ricketts is Living His Passion in ‘The Great Gatsby’
Ricketts, who was featured in Showtime's "Fellow Travelers," is playing a pivotal character in the Broadway musical adaptation of "Gatsby."
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Alleged Fentanyl Dealer Charged with Deaths of Two Gay Men
Jevaughn Mark was linked by investigators to the accidental poisoning deaths of Brandon Román and Robert Barletta.
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Bailey Anne is the First Trans Woman to Win Miss Maryland USA
There’s always something new at D.C.’s Capital Pride Parade. The route might get tweaked. Some contingent goes particularly over the top, or there might be...
