Like many queer people alive during the 1990s, the thought of Matthew Shepard still makes Lesléa Newman shudder. Shepard, a beautiful, adventurous Wyoming college student, became a symbol after his horrific murder in October 1998, waking up straight America to the scourge of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and the near-constant threat many of us live under. Newman — known by many for her revolutionary 1989 children's book about a queer family, Heather Has Too Mommies — has kept Matt close in the quarter-century since he died. In 2012, she penned a "masterful" collection of poems about Shepard, October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. Eleven years later, and 25 years after Matt's killing, Newman couldn't help but pay a visit to someone who now seems like an old friend. Read on »
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The nonprofit group Pride and Less Prejudice is holding its third annual Banned Together virtual auction between October 5-8. The organization is looking to raise $15,000 to send more than 1,000 LGBTQ-inclusive books to elementary schools across the country. Read on »
Gay Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos’s former campaign treasurer pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge related to a case against the New York lawmaker. Read on »
Puerto Rican transgender man Luis Ángel Diaz Castro was killed in Puerto Rico and has been identified as the 19th transgender, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming American to die by violence in 2023. Read on »
The Tennessee city of Franklin, located south of Nashville, is embroiled in a whirlwind of political controversy as white supremacist involvement surfaces in its ongoing mayoral race. Read on »
Happy Thursday! We hope you're celebrating Kevin McCarthy's chaotic departure from the speaker's position with our roundup of the best memes. Let's get into today's news. Read on »
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EMILY’s List, the organization formerly headed by the newest U.S. senator, Laphonza Butler, has been supporting pro-choice Democratic women, including many LGBTQ+ ones, for elected office for nearly 40 years. Read on »
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