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Who Is Joseph Ziegler, the Gay IRS Whistleblower in Hunter Biden Probe?

Joseph ZieglerSome Republicans once said Joseph Ziegler, the Internal Revenue Service agent who testified before Congress Wednesday about possible interference in the investigation of Hunter Biden, was biased in Biden’s favor because he’s a gay man and a Democrat. Now that he’s a whistleblower saying the investigation was insufficient and hampered by outside forces, the GOP is pointing to those facts as evidence he’s not biased. Read on »

Republican Lawmakers Look to Ban Pride Flags at Stonewall, Other National Sites

New House Cuts Might Ban Pride Flags at StonewallRainbow Pride flags might soon be banned at Stonewall National Monument by Republicans in the House of Representatives as they continue their cuts to target LGBTQ+ funding during the appropriations process. Republicans had earlier proposed additional cuts to LGBTQ+ programs and services in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Read on »

Nude Hunter Biden Pics Shown by Marjorie Taylor Greene at Congressional Hearing

Marjorie Taylor GreeneU.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, known for her opposition to LGBTQ+ equality and all things liberal, was showing nude pictures of Hunter Biden at a congressional hearing Wednesday. Read on »

Fox News Hosts Confused About Whether to Call Gay Man Mr. or Ms.

Fox News GraphicIn a bizarre moment on national television, Fox News hosts who have been obsessed with stories about pronouns on Wednesday had difficulty articulating what honorific to call a mysterious man the network had been promoting as “Mr. X.” Read on »

Jason Aldean 'Modern Lynching' Video Pulled After Backlash

Jason Aldean Country singer Jason Aldean's most recent music video was pulled from rotation just days following its premiere after viewers called out some alarming production choices. Read on »

Nonbinary Activist Says They Were Drugged and Sexually Assaulted

Australian nonbinary multi-hyphenate Deni Todorovič claimed they were sexually assaulted after a night out with friends in a Melbourne suburb last weekend. Read on »

Ghana High Court Tosses Challenge to Draconian Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

The Supreme Court of Ghana unanimously tossed an application to halt further progress on the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation currently under negotiation in Parliament, Joy Online reported. Read on »

Louisiana Republicans Overturn Veto on Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Republicans in Louisiana’s legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’s veto of a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, but failed to muster enough votes to veto two other anti-LGBTQ+ bills on Tuesday. The Republicans had gathered for a rare one-day veto session. Read on »

Marjorie Taylor Greene Praises Joe Biden in Viral Campaign Ad

Joe Biden and Marjorie Taylor GreeneRepublican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who often says bigoted and controversial things when she’s in the spotlight, has gone viral because of her support, in a sense, for President Joe Biden’s accomplishments in office to date. Read on »

Easterseals: Advocating for 61 Million People, Including the Queer Disabled

two friendsA little more than a year ago, I became president and CEO of Easterseals, one of the largest providers of services and advocacy for people with disabilities in America. When I joined, the organization was entering its 103rd year of operation. Today, Easterseals is comprised of 71 Affiliates across the country — employing approximately 32,000 staff and serving millions of individuals with disabilities throughout their lifespan, including seniors and veterans. Promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility was in Easterseals’ DNA long before the DEI acronym for universal equity came into use. Yet few people understand what we do. Read on »

Glenn Youngkin Goes After Transgender Kids in Revised School Policies

Glenn YoungkinA revised policy for the rights of transgender students in public schools was unveiled by the Virginia Department of Education on Tuesday afternoon, providing the first update since an early version of the guidelines was released last year. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's so-called model policies severely limit the rights that transgender students had previously enjoyed under Youngkin's predecessor Democrat Ralph Northam. Read on »

 


 

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