Category: Politics

The president of a Texas university faces a federal lawsuit after he canceled a campus drag show scheduled for March 31. Last week, West Texas A&M University president Walter Wendler sent a letter to students, faculty, and staff announcing that

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March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Last week, Uganda’s Parliament passed what is being called one of the most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the world. If signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni, the legislation would impose a life sentence for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of

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March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday with a rally speech in Waco, Texas, that was littered with false claims — many of which he has made before.

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March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

RuPaul’s Drag Race is sprinting to the end of Season 15 in 8-inch Louboutin platform heels, as Mother herself prepares to crown “America’s next drag superstar.” The big finish airs on April 15 on MTV. Prepare for sequins. As part

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March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

President Joe Biden on Saturday notified Congress of his decision to authorize an airstrike in Syria this week against what the US said were Iranian-affiliated facilities.

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March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

A Florida charter school principal says she was forced to resign after parents complained about a Renaissance art lesson in which images of Michelangelo’s David were shown to students. Hope Carrasquilla told The Tallahassee Democrat that she resigned from her

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March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Tennesee Republicans voted to keep Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (R) in his role as state senate speaker despite recent controversy over comments he made on a young gay man’s racy Instagram photos. McNally will stay in leadership after a 19-7

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Out superstar JoJo Siwa recently opened up about how the magic of Disney World helped her realize she was gay. The 19-year-old told People that she has “grown a lot at Disney” and that it’s the place where she “fell

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington said Sunday that TikTok represents “an immediate threat” from China and called for the short-form video app to be banned in the US.

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Wellesley College students voted overwhelmingly to pass the Gender Inclusivity Ballot Question, allowing transgender men and nonbinary people who were assigned male at birth to be eligible for admission. The ballot question requested the language used at the college be

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Last fall, a friend of mine died unexpectedly. Jeremy was young, still in his thirties. He was an awkward guy, a classic Misfit Toy. He’d had a difficult home life, and I knew high school had also been pretty rough.

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

If Donald Trump is indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in connection with a pre-election payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, the case of another politician, two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, offers clues to the defense Trump is likely

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

A bakery will permanently close its doors after experiencing months of vicious harassment for hosting a drag show. Uprising bakery & café is located in a Chicago suburb called Lake in the Hills and owned by Corinna Sac, who opened

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

It’s the kind of damp, British day that chills you to the bone, but blowing in with the wind to the tiny bookshop, there is a special kind of warmth. The sections are labeled not “fantasy” and “history,” but “gay,”

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill this week that prohibits transgender students in the state from using public school bathrooms that do not align with their gender assigned at birth.

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March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

For over 10 years, Ukrainian lesbian couple Alina and Uliana kept their relationship a secret. While they lived together in Kyiv, they told everyone in their lives they were simply best friends. But when Russia invaded Ukraine, everything changed. The

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March 25, 2023March 25, 2023

Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness made a powerful speech outside the Texas State Capitol on Monday as part of a rally against the state’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. Introduced as an “HIV positive and undetectable nonbinary truthteller,” Van Ness opened by

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March 25, 2023March 25, 2023

After earlier and incorrectly predicting his own arrest this week, former President Donald Trump veered into the more sinister business of predicting violence and catastrophe if he’s arrested.

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March 25, 2023March 25, 2023