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LGBTQ or LGBTQ+: Why All the Fuss About the +?

LGBTQThe National Lesbian Gay Journalist Association (NLGJA) recently shared that, moving forward, the organization is adding a + sign to LGBTQ to “reflect the many identities that make up our growing community.” It will now be known as NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. Read on »

George Santos Introduces Potentially Popular Tax Measure

Rep. George Santos and a Tax Break note on a calculator.While New York Rep. George Santos is fighting calls from some of his colleagues and constituents to resign from Congress, his first bill in the House addresses a potentially very popular issue on New York's Long Island: state and local tax (SALT) deductions. Read on »

Nebraska Lawmaker Filibusters to Stop Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

Nebraska Sen. Machaela CavanaughOne state senator is holding up business in the Nebraska Legislature in protest of a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Read on »

New LGBTQ+ Conference to Connect Queer Businesses and Entertainment

An LGBTQ+ business and entertainment conference is holding its first in-person event after a virtual launch during the pandemic. Unleashed LGBTQ+ will be held in Dallas, Texas, on September 22-24, 2023. Read on »

Gay Congressman Celebrates Beyoncé During House Floor Speech

Garcia and Beyonce posterIn honor of the end of Black History Month and the start of Women's History Month, gay Democratic lawmaker Rep. Robert Garcia paid tribute to none other than Beyoncé on the House floor Wednesday morning. Read on »

Michigan Coffee Shops Receive Anti-LGBTQ+ Threats

Gathering Coffee and Strange Matter CoffeeCoffee shops in Detroit and Lansing, Mich., recently received letters containing anti-LGBTQ+ hate and threats. Read on »

New Santos Scandal Involves Money, Gay GOP & Richard Grenell: Report

Richard Grenell and George SantosAnother week brings another scandal for out New York fabulist Rep. George Santos. This time, he's accused of involving himself in questionable financial deals and fundraising efforts around a GOP gay rights project involving a Trump administration official, the funding of which he allegedly misrepresented to the cousin of a Russian oligarch who made a significant contribution. Read on »

​'Drag Race' Queens Slam Republicans' Anti-Trans, Anti-Drag Legislation​

Drag Queens Heidi N Closet, Shasha Colby, Kerri Colby and Kylie Sonique LoveOn Friday, RuPaul’s Drag Race celebrated its 200th episode at a swanky soiree at Heart in West Hollywood. Assembled were queens from several previous seasons who gathered to watch the show, but the queens did not waste the opportunity to discuss the conservative right’s current attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. Read on »

GOP Won't Censure Gay Republican Over Marriage Equality Support — Yet

Missouri Rep. Chris SanderThe Jackson County Republican Party in Missouri has voted down a motion to censure a gay GOP politician over his pro-marriage equality proposal, but he still may be censured down the line. Read on »

Dead Ringers’ Rachel Weisz Is Double Trouble as Twin Obstetricians

Rachel Weisz, the Oscar-winning star who turned in a pair of acclaimed queer performances in Disobedience (2017) and The Favourite (2018), plays double trouble as twin obstetricians in Amazon Studios’ Dead Ringers. And the first teaser, set to the tune of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” depicts twins Elliot and Beverly Mantle bloodied and ready for battle in the name of changing health care for people who can become pregnant. Read on »

 


 

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