News + Politics
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Metro Weekly Magazine: 2020, November 11 — We Voted! The Election’s Historic LGBTQ Wins
In this week's issue, we talk to Sarah McBride and Brian Sims about the 2020 election and its historic wins.
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Fox News tells staff not to call Biden “President-elect” if he wins
The news organization reportedly won't use the traditionally accepted term until Trump's legal challenges are decided.
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Durham university Zoom call hijacked in anti-LGBTQ attack
LGBTQ students at Durham University in England were victims of a hijacked Zoom call in which 15 people shouted homophobic slurs and played “sexually explicit...
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Brian Sims on Joe Biden, LGBTQ victories, and what happens next
As the nation awaits the results of its election, Pennsylvania Representative Brian Sims reflects on Trump's presidency and Sarah McBride's historic win
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Anderson Cooper: Trump is ‘an obese turtle on its back flailing in the hot sun’
Cooper responded to Donald Trump's White House speech attacking the democratic process
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Federal judge tosses anti-transgender lawsuit challenging school district’s pro-trans policies
Parents couldn't state a specific way that Williamston Community Schools' policies violated their civil rights
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Sarah McBride on her historic state Senate win in Delaware
Delaware State Senator-elect Sarah McBride hopes her victory gives comfort to those “struggling with their place in the world.”
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The 2020 Election: LGBTQ Candidates Win Big
On Election Day, LGBTQ voters showed up in droves, helping LGBTQ candidates win several important victories.
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Michele Rayner-Goolsby becomes first Black queer woman elected to Florida House
Rayner-Goolsby makes history in the Sunshine State as the 'first openly Black queer women ever elected in Florida at any level'
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Mondaire Jones becomes first openly gay Black member of Congress
Mondaire Jones becomes first openly gay Black member of Congress
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Ritchie Torres becomes first openly gay Afro-Latino elected to Congress
The openly gay Bronx Councilmember will be one of the more progressive members of Congress
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Shevrin Jones elected Florida’s first openly gay state senator
Shevrin Jones was targeted by anti-gay robotexts ahead of his August primary win
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Sarah McBride becomes first openly transgender state senator
"I hope tonight shows an LGBTQ kid that our democracy is big enough for them, too," McBride said
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Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ record exposed in devastating viral video
Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ actions are contrasted with statements claiming he is pro-gay
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LGBTQ groups sue Trump administration over executive order censoring anti-bias training
Trump executive order calls bias training "divisive" and dismisses it as "race and sex scapegoating"
