LGBTQ+ groups and other progressive forces, including President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, are denouncing the elevation of far-right U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson to speaker of the House of Representatives. Read on »
I was speaking to a friend of mine recently about the preposterous nonsense going on with House Republicans and their inability to elect a speaker. “They need to find someone who only has six months to live. They will get the sympathy vote, and they’ll have an out when that person dies,” he joked. Read on »
In a notable display of community resilience against extremist ideologies, the quaint Middle Tennessee city of Franklin saw incumbent Mayor Ken Moore triumph over challenger Gabrielle Hanson in a mayoral race marked by controversies. Read on »
Social media platform Instagram, operated by Meta, momentarily suspended on Wednesday the account of the far-right group Gays Against Groomers, only to reinstate it a few hours later. Read on »
Former NBA star Dwight Howard, accused of sexually assaulting another man, says in court documents that he and the man had consensual sex, but there was no assault. Read on »
California Sen. Scott Wiener may be the busiest man in politics. He’s definitely one of the most committed, especially to the LGBTQ+ community. The San Francisco-based Democrat never seems to take a day off — one day he’s pushing for expanded access to the preventative HIV medications PrEP and PEP, the next he’s watching Governor Gavin Newsom sign the latest bill he authored. In September, that legislation provided protections for LGBTQ+ foster youth, ensuring they will not be placed in hostile homes. Read on »
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(Editor's note: Hours after Gays Against Groomers was suspended on Instagram, the account was reinstated. Read more here.) Read on »
Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, is little-known nationally, but he’s as anti-LGBTQ+ as any of the more prominent members of his party — perhaps even more so. The Human Rights Campaign calls him "the most anti-equality speaker in U.S. history." Read on »
Washington Times columnist Cheryl Chumley is under fire for an anti-transgender piece that included a Bible verse wishing death on supposedly bad parents. Read on »
An Ohio man pleaded guilty to throwing Molotov cocktails at a local LGBTQ-affirming church that was hosting two drag events earlier this year. Read on »
Chaya Raichik, the provocateur behind the polarizing anti-LGBTQ+ Libs of TikTok account on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has issued a demand to the Anti-Defamation League to expunge her name from their “Glossary of Extremism.” Read on »
A Texas justice of the peace who was disciplined for refusing to marry same-sex couples will go before the state’s Supreme Court Wednesday. Read on »
Prosecutors in California will not seek hate crime charges against the man who allegedly yelled an antigay slur before shooting to death LGBTQ+ advocate Daniel Landeros last month. Read on »
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