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News (USA)
Pentagon report says fears about gays in the military were vastly overblown
Ten years after gay and bi people were allowed to serve openly, military leaders there has been no effect on military readiness.
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Life
Ian McKellen defends straight actors playing gay roles at “Bent” anniversary screening
The actor touched on a complicated debate involving representation both onscreen and behind the scenes, as well as opportunities for LGBTQ actors.
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News (World)
Qatar’s UN Ambassador said God should curse gay people in recently revealed tweets
The tweets have been brought to light two months before the World Cup is set to take place in Qatar.
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Politics
Queer Muslim lawmaker comes out as nonmonogamous & introduces world to her 2 partners
The Atlanta City Council member acknowledged publicly they’re in a nonmonogamous relationship with two women.
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Life
Stuck between two worlds, the tattoo studio is the only place this trans artist can live her truth
When catering to clients, she can be herself. But when she leaves her studio for home, she is forced to disguise herself as a man.
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Unvaccinated people are 14 times more likely to get monkeypox
Health officials released preliminary data on the effectiveness of the vaccine.
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News (USA)
Conservatives go full racist after Lizzo plays a crystal flute
“Lizzo playing James Madison’s flute was a form of racial retribution,” one conservative pundit wrote. Liberals mocked them on Twitter.
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Election 2024
GOP Congressmember accuses Democratic opponent of child abuse. She’s a pro-trans pediatrician.
The pediatrician was forced to take unpaid leave after Republican Nancy Mace falsely claimed she wanted 4-year-olds to get hormone replacement therapy.
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Election 2024
Gay Republicans endorse Sarah Palin
The Log Cabin Republicans, scorned by both the GOP and LGBTQ community, also supports Donald Trump. And the blowback was immediate.
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Life
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s husband files for divorce after 27 years of marriage
Perry Greene said their marriage is “irretrievably broken.”
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News (USA)
Angry dad claims school allows student-furries to wear leashes & pet one another
The school superintendent was forced to debunk the claim.
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Politics
GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker says trans kids won’t go to heaven
“Jesus may not recognize you,” he said.
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News (World)
JK Rowling is outraged that a trans organization gives teens chest binders
The “Harry Potter” author railed that the teens were getting pieces of fabric “without parental consent.”
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News (USA)
Feminist group infiltrates forced-birth fundraiser & fights with “queer joy”
Members of ResistSTL shed their disguises as volunteers at the event and stood up and chanted for reproductive rights.
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News (USA)
Bookstore mobilized supportive allies to protect Drag Story Hour from rightwing militia
“I kind of felt a little proud, like I was on the right side of history. I wasn’t on the cruel, ugly, hateful side. I was on the happy, loving, fun side.”
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Commentary
These two poems encapsulate America’s immigration debate
Emma Lazarus’s “New Colossus” lifts a lamp for immigrants. Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s “Unguarded Gates” beseeches a “white Goddess” for salvation.
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News (USA)
A rightwing blogger accused a Black drag queen of exposing herself. Now the queen is suing.
The blogger doctored a video to make it seem like Mona Liza Million exposed herself at Pride. She says that’s defamation.
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Politics
Donald Trump was obsessed with LGBTQ people according to explosive new book
He bragged about paying a gay employee less, wanted to know which employees were gay, and made vulgar statements about trans women’s genitals.
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News (USA)
Do Republicans think drag shows are more dangerous than guns? One man says they are.
A drag show will “change their lives” but “kids can legitimately own guns.” Can’t argue with that logic.
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Life
“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider got married & she’s sharing pictures
She talked about how how her now-wife surprised her with a proposal.