News + Politics
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Anti-gay evangelical pastor fumes about the Pope’s support for same-sex civil unions
Franklin Graham called support for same-sex unions "unthinkable in light of the Word of God"
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WATCH: RuPaul and Cory Booker react to learning they’re related
RuPaul and Booker were happy to learn that they share similar DNA in common, and that they are distant cousins.
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Metro Weekly Magazine: 2020, October 29 — We Endorse Joe Biden for President
In a special issue, we fully back Joe Biden for President, and ask the community how they're feeling about the upcoming election.
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State Department drops opposition to recognizing gay couples’ children as U.S. citizens
Government had refused to automatically recognize the citizenship of children of married gay couples born abroad via surrogacy
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Homophobic and transphobic attacks increase as election nears
LGBTQ candidates from across the nation say they're being increasingly subjected to homophobic and transphobic attack ads.
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Susan Collins accepts endorsement of anti-LGBTQ group
Sen. Susan Collins is being slammed by LGBTQ groups for accepting an endorsement from a Maine group behind several anti-LGBTQ initatives.
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At least 162 candidates have extremist ties of some sort
The SPLC Action Fund seeks to educate voters about candidates' associations with anti-government and hate groups.
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Michigan couple believes home was vandalized over trans pride flag
The women have had their windows broken and a trans flag ripped in half in what they claim is targeted harassment
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A 6-3 Supreme Court could carve out various exemptions that erode LGBTQ rights
Following Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, LGBTQ advocates are looking down the road at the possibility that a 6-3 conservative majority...
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Hundreds of thousands of trans and nonbinary people could face obstacles in voting
Trans people may lack accurate identity documents, encounter hostile poll workers, and even be threatened with violence
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City Dogs offers free dog daycare on Election Day
D.C.-based doggy daycare service City Dogs wants to "make sure that everyone can go vote"
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LGBTQ advocates: Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation a “sham” and “power grab”
Conservative jurist's confirmation creates a 6-3 conservative majority that critics say could threaten LGBTQ rights
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Republican lawmaker condemned for video mocking LGBTQ youth
State Sen. Scott Wilk used David Bowie lyrics to voice opposition to a bill protecting transgender youth from discrimination
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Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara, and Shangela host #WeVote drag roll call
Video features drag performers from all 50 states and D.C. urging LGBTQ people and allies to cast pro-equality votes
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Drag Race star Monique Heart discusses experience with conversion therapy and ‘praying the gay away’
Heart was enrolled in her church's conversion therapy program while attending college in Missouri
