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Take the LGBTQ Nation Weekly News Quiz & see how well you’ve been following the news
Who’s angry with Ryan Murphy? Who is Mike Pence defending? What important anniversary was this past week?
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Out country singer Adam Mac pulls out of Kentucky festival after due to anti-LGBTQ+ backlash
The singer said members of the community intended to protest the show, claiming he would be “promoting homosexuality.”
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Queer Beyoncé fan missed concert after airline couldn’t fit his wheelchair. The Hive fixed it.
The Queen arranged a flight for him to a different concert and met him in person.
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Steve Arrington has spent his life making sure the Black LGBTQ+ community gets their due
This Hometown Hero has gotten much-needed resources to Black people living with HIV.
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“Aristotle & Dante” is groundbreaking in a world that lacks queer Hispanic role models
As a closeted gay Mexican, author Benjamin Alire Sáenz felt like he didn’t fit in. His experience represents that of countless queer Hispanics.
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“Paw Patrol” franchise introduces its first non-binary character
Screenwriter and activist Lindz Amer called helping develop the character “a bucket list item.”
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Tommy had the perfect clapback when someone’s mom told him only girls can wear nail polish
Tommy scored a touchdown at football practice. The opponent was someone else’s mom.
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Portia Cantrell is connecting LGBTQ+ elders with younger people
The Hometown Hero wants you to know: “One day everyone is going to be older and will realize the resources I’m fighting for are important.”
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Too fabulous to be ordinary: How a sassy transgender diva growing up in Iran found self-love in NYC
What saved me? Therapy and community.
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Palm Springs residents complain about proposed AIDS memorial “anus” statue
“It’s become a laughingstock…. and that’s the last thing we want,” a local resident said.
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Lee Lawson is honoring elder LGBTQ+ veterans after fighting for gay rights for decades
The Hometown Hero put it simply: “I like to help people.”
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Ex-gay group “Changed” is part of a bizarre faith-healing cult. Don’t fall for it.
The group also tries to raise people from the dead and re-grow lost limbs through prayer.
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Angelica Ross alleges Emma Roberts made transphobic comments on “American Horror Story” set
She also says she complained about a crew member’s racist t-shirts but was told there was nothing anyone could do.
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Accidental activist Willow Kawamoto helps people struggling to be their authentic selves
The Hometown Hero said that she sees her “face in every single one of them struggling to try and be their authentic selves.”
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Fairness is a red herring: What the fight over trans athletes is really about
Award-winning journalist Katie Barnes takes on science, policy, and empathy in a new book.
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Former Disney Channel star opens up about undergoing conversion therapy on his days off
The actor said finding acceptance and community with other Disney stars helped pull him out of the harmful practice.
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LeVar Burton & 175 other artists denounce “white supremacist” book bans
“These censorious efforts will not end with book bans,” the letter states.
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The drag queen activist who ran for office 16 years before Harvey Milk
Jose Sarria originally wanted to be a teacher. But one arrest helped him go from drag queen to political legend.
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Meet the NFL’s first transgender cheerleader
Justine Lindsay is everything a cheerleader should be – but, most importantly, she’s a leader.