Category: Politics

President Joe Biden had a cancerous lesion successfully removed from his chest last month. At 80, questions continue about his fitness to serve a second term. Questions also abound concerning Vice President Kamala Harris’s job performance and ability to lead

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

A recently published study from the University of Minnesota, the third in a decennial series first undertaken in 2002, is an essential and fascinating look at the needs of LGBTQ+ older Americans, including the wave of Baby Boomers now entering

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

New York City’s medical examiner has ruled that the 2022 deaths of two gay men were homicides. In two separate incidents, Julio Ramirez and John Umberger were found dead with their bank accounts emptied after leaving Hell’s Kitchen gay bars

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

Last fall, Brent and I made our first trip to Amsterdam. But it was November, and it turned out to be much colder, wetter, windier, and — despite the cold, rain, and wind — much more crowded than we expected. Still

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

A former Republican speaker of Ohio’s House of Representatives was convicted by a federal jury Thursday on racketeering conspiracy charges in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.

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March 12, 2023March 12, 2023

Almost 400 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have already been filed this year – more than the total number filed in 2022. The bills have been filed across 38 states, with legislation more than tripling since January. The American Civil Liberties Union tracks

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March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

Rising costs of living across the country are having significant effects on the LGBTQ+ community. Price increases have reached everything from gas to groceries – and even cocktails. The increase in bar tabs has plagued the nightlife in various hotspots

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March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

The Biden administration is soon set to approve ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project, a major oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, according to a congressional source familiar with the details. The decision will be announced next week, the source confirmed.

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March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

New research reveals children of same-sex couples fare as well as or better than their peers raised by heterosexual couples. The report, titled “Family outcome disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual families,” was published in the BMJ Global Health journal. The research

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March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

On February 22nd, LGBTQ+ history was made in Peru.  Led by trans women, hundreds of Peruvians marched through the busy streets of central Lima to demand justice. Billed as the “marcha contra los crimenes de odio” (the march against hate

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March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

Manhattan prosecutors have invited former President Donald Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating a decision on charging Trump may

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March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

Scientists in Japan have created mice with two biological fathers and say the possibility of two men producing a biological child is not far behind. Katsuhiko Hayashi, a pioneer in lab-grown eggs and sperm, announced the fertility breakthrough at the

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March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

Along with the release today of her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus has revealed the very gay origins of her latest single. Following on the heels of the album’s chart-topping lead single “Flowers,” “River” is a bouncy

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March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

President Joe Biden hoped to ease a serious source of tension with Europe when he met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House on Friday.

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March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

After an Ohio school district canceled an LGBTQ+ musical production, the original show’s creators stepped in, and now the show will go on. In late January, Cardinal Local Schools’ superintendent Jack Cunningham announced that a student production of The 25th

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March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

A small group of about 14 anti-LGBTQ+ protesters met outside of a London pub on Friday morning to protest a drag queen story event that wasn’t even happening. Even better, they were overwhelmed by nearly 150 pro-LGBTQ+ counterprotesters. The protesters

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March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

One of the key forces behind messaging the Biden White House’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic is set to step down from his role.

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March 10, 2023March 10, 2023