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Drag queens mock MAGA figures in jaw-dropping event while raising over $25 K for ACLU
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (1253+ words) The goal isn't to diminish women, it's to challenge power, expose the blatant hypocrisy, and create space for audiences to laugh, think, and respond." A gay bar crowd of over 1, 000 people in Bushwick, Brooklyn, cheered on the night of Thursday,…...
GOP governor tells rally that kids are using litterboxes in classrooms. The crowd agreed.
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (1136+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott pushed a bill to ban kids from defecating in classrooms but refused to give an example of that happening anywhere in the state. The urban legend that won't die " that students are dressing up as animals and…...
New rules allow more queer Australians to give blood: Let's "give the gift of life"
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (1071+ words) For the first time in my life, I was able to donate blood today," said an activist who fought for decades for the change. Gay and bisexual men and transgender Australians who have sex with men can now donate blood…...
Trans equality gets 2 major wins in court while the EU strikes down Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ law
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (994+ words) In the judge's words: "Unserious leaders are unsafe. This case highlights a leader's unserious regard for the rule of law" does not merely result in an abstract infraction" [but rather] causes very real harm to very real people." Why it…...
Mexican World Cup officials brace themselves for the return of fans' notorious anti-gay chant
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (934+ words) Mexico fans keep invoking the slur when their team is about to lose. The "Puto!" chant is back. Weeks before the World Cup descends on North America, the enthusiastic homophobic slur, chanted by Mexico soccer fans at their opponents, is…...
Zohran Mamdani appoints Black lesbian archivist to critical commissioner role
1+ day, 29+ min ago (942+ words) When is the work not queer?" Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz asks on her personal website. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has appointed Black lesbian librarian and archivist Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz as commissioner of the city's Department of Records and Information…...
Corporations & leaders are retreating to safe choices. They will be the death of us.
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1141+ words) It might seem safer in the short term to avoid making a film about trans kids or to bow to pressure from the Trump. But someone needs to push back. When there are threats against trans rights and the climate…...
Denver's only lesbian bar closes after rollercoaster fundraising controversy
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (907+ words) To those who have tarnished the memory of this location, karma always comes back around." A once-beloved lesbian bar in Denver, Colorado " the only one in the city " has officially closed after a controversy surrounding donations to keep the establishment…...
Victory! An EU court just slapped down Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ media ban
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (781+ words) PLUS: Pete Buttigieg's encouraging messages, and some very parents playing pranks on video! Welcome back to your weekly Good News Roundup! This week is a mixed bag with courts and Pete Buttigieg standing up for queer people, a trove of…...
New leader of Mormon Church has called marriage equality a "devilish perversion"
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (1159+ words) Dallin H. Oaks thinks same-sex marriage would depopulate the country. After decades of slow progress toward embracing the LGBTQ+ community, elders in the Mormon Church on Tuesday appointed apostle Dallin H. Oaks, a former justice on the Utah Supreme Court and staunch…...