News + Politics
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Creating Change to be held virtually as omicron COVID case numbers rise
Creating Change will be held virtually, in response to a rise in COVID infections.
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Germany Bible museum stages play featuring transgender Jesus, enraging conservatives
A Bible museum in Germany is being criticized for an LGBTQ-themed exhibit and for hosting a play featuring a transgender Jesus.
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Chris Pappas, gay New Hampshire congressman, gets engaged to boyfriend
New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas is engaged to his boyfriend, Vann Bentley
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Thousands of LGBTQ Israelis get texts saying they “deserve severe punishment, death and deportation”
Thousands of LGBTQ Israelis received harassing text messages, in what may be connected to the hacking of an LGBTQ dating site in October.
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Darren Criss has been ‘s**t on’ for debating straight actors in gay roles
Darren Criss says he has been "s**t on" for debating whether straight actors should take gay roles
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Mr. Gay World 2021 gives up title, accuses competition of “unlawful” conduct
Mr. Gay World 2021 has resigned and accused the pageant of "unlawful" contract negotiations.
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National Review attacks Chasten and Pete Buttigieg with homophobic ‘poem’
A conservative magazine has published a "poem" attacking the parenting skills of Pete and Chasten Buttigieg
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Quidditch to change name in effort to distance sport from JK Rowling’s “anti-trans positions”
The sport of quidditch is rebranding itself, in part due to "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling's views on transgender rights.
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Queer man shot in head in Chicago while standing outside a friend’s home
A queer man was shot in the head last Saturday while standing on the porch of a friend's home in Chicago's Palmer Square neighborhood.
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Tennessee parents label teacher who sponsored a middle school GSA a “predator,” accuse her of “indoctrination”
Conservative parents in Lakeland, Tennessee have attacked a teacher as a "predator" for sponsoring a Gender and Sexuality Alliance club.
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U.S. Senate approves gay man as ambassador to Cameroon, where homosexuality is criminalized
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Christopher Lamora, a married gay man, as ambassador to Cameroon despite the country's anti-LGBTQ laws.
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Colorado GOP candidate claims Gov. Jared Polis isn’t really gay, is a serial abuser
A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Colorado has claimed that Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is pretending to be gay, that his marriage to his partner,...
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Missouri jury awards more than $4 million to transgender student barred from the boys’ restroom at school
A Missouri jury has awarded more than $4 million to a transgender student who was barred from the boys' restroom in middle and high school.
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit from photographer who doesn’t want to shoot gay weddings
A federal judge has dismissed a New York photographer's lawsuit demanding that she be exempt from having to photograph same-sex weddings.
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Boy, 6, told he’ll ‘die of AIDS’ because of LGBTQ dad
Six-year-old in England was allegedly told he'd "die of AIDS" during an anti-gay neighbor's 10-minute rant
