-
Failed gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano plans to introduce a drag ban bill
The move follows right-wing outrage over a queer prom in the state that featured a drag performance.
-
Dr. Oz hosts campaign event at Christian “straights only” wedding venue
Stone Gables Estate says it follows “God’s Word, the Holy Bible,” which requires it to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
-
Extremist candidates flood airwaves with anti-trans ads ahead of midterms
America First Legal, run by Trump administration alum Stephen Miller, is among the groups sponsoring the anti-trans propaganda.
-
CommentaryAnti-Semitism is now just another part of the Republican party’s accepted principles
The GOP has concluded that the anti-Semitism in its midst is just part and parcel of winning votes in a Trumpist political environment.
-
GOP governor candidate promises to ban “pole dancing” in elementary schools
He didn’t name any elementary school that is actually teaching pole dancing.
-
Pennsylvania’s Don’t Say Gay bill is worse than Florida’s. It may become law if Doug Mastriano wins.
“It is patterned after the Florida bill, but mine goes further,” said the prime sponsor of Pennsylvania’s Don’t Say Gay bill.
-
Marjorie Taylor Greene spreads false story of students using litter boxes during anti-trans crusade
“We have to reject them,” said Greene of children pretending to be cats. “It’s not about people’s feelings. It’s about the truth.”
-
A new PAC has launched to campaign against anti-LGBTQ candidates
The group was formed in the wake of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s assertion that marriage equality should also be overturned.
-
Pennsylvania GOP candidate says it’s “disgusting” that people want to end conversion therapy
So-called conversion therapy has been denounced as harmful and ineffective by nearly every major U.S. medical and mental health association.
-
CommentaryRepublicans had all the advantages in the midterms. They’ve blown every one of them
Lousy candidates, money problems, and an unpopular Supreme Court decision have made this year’s midterm elections an unexpected chance to save LGBTQ rights.
