News + Politics
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Tulsa Doughnut Shop Firebombed After Hosting Drag-Themed Art Installation
A doughnut shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma was vandalized for the second time this month after a masked person broke its windows and threw a Molotov...
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Election 2022: The Tipping Point of D.C.’s Initiative 82
D.C. will vote -- for a second time -- on whether to eliminate the current wage structure for tipped employees.
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Election 2022: Queering the ANCs
LGBTQ candidates talk about running for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, the most thankless elected position in D.C.
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Election 2022: Pathways to LGBTQ Victory
For the first time in history, every state and territory in America has an out LGBTQ candidate seeking political office.
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Election 2022: A Push to the Polls
A rundown of several key national and local races in the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 8.
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Appeals Court Rules that Beauty Pageant May Bar Trans Contestant
A federal appeals court has ruled that beauty pageants can’t be forced to accept transgender contestants under the First Amendment. A three-judge panel of the...
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International Beauty Pageant Queens Marry in Secret
Two international beauty pageant queens — the former Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina — revealed that they got married last week after having concealed...
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Mehmet Oz Campaigns at Venue that Refuses to Host Same-Sex Weddings
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, campaigned Wednesday at an event venue in Lancaster County that does not permit...
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Capital Pride to host WorldPride in Washington, D.C. in 2025
D.C. representatives successfully lobbied to host the global Pride event after Taiwan was forced to withdraw its bid.
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Florida Poised to Ban Gender-Affirming Treatments for Minors
Florida health officials are poised to pass a rule prohibiting transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming interventions.
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Gay Russian TV Employee Suspended for “Wild and Revolting” Comments
A Russian TV network has suspended a gay rights activist turned Russian propagandist after he called for the murders of Ukrainian children. Prior to his...
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Ads and Mailers Target Democrats Over Trans Issues in 25 States
Voters in at least half of the states in the country are being bombarded by a flood of TV and radio commercials and mailers blasting...
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FBI, Police Debunk Anti-Gay Conspiracy About Paul Pelosi Attack
The FBI and San Francisco police have debunked a well-worn anti-gay conspiracy theory that Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was...
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Yeshiva U. Creates Sanctioned LGBTQ Group But Won’t Recognize Pride Alliance
The YU Pride Alliance criticized the new group as a “sham” meant to distract from the Pride Alliance’s ongoing legal fight with the college.
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Human Rights Advocates Blast Intersex Exceptions in Anti-Trans Laws
As a host of state legislatures in the United States continue their assault on the LGBTQ community — primarily targeting transgender youth — some advocates...
