In early 2021, Stephen Miller — former White House senior adviser to Donald Trump and architect of the 45th president’s hopeful second-term mass deportation agenda — announced his next venture: America First Legal (AFL). Paraded as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU,” AFL fights for Trumpist values in the legal system. And the group is [...]

A former employee is suing Megan Thee Stallion, claiming conduct by the out rapper “created a hostile work environment.” In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles last week, Emilio Garcia claims that the “WAP” rapper’s behavior made “the conditions of his employment intolerable in direct contravention of various statutes and state [...]

Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Chekov beware: Putin is coming for the books. The latest front in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on LGBTQ+ people is purging books with LGBTQ+ content from Russia’s bookshelves and the internet. A new council set up by the Russian Book Union, a nominally independent body representing publishing professionals, has been [...]

Karine Jean-Pierre will soon celebrate two years in her historic role as both the first out LGBTQ+ White House press secretary and the first Black woman to hold the position – and she’s aware of her how significant this is. “It’s not lost on me what my presence at the [...]

A woman has gone viral for shouting about “that motherf**ker Pete Buttigieg” while apparently having flight issues at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) when it turns out she was at the wrong terminal. “Get me the f**k up on the next flight, motherf**kers! Or call Pete Buttigieg right now! Call [...]

Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U.S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given her status as the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in the South. But to the right-wing culture warriors behind efforts to ban books about American history—including systemic racism and discrimination against LGBTQ people—Bridges has become something else: a threat.  Books [...]

The owners of a North Carolina restaurant that hosts popular drag brunches are striking back after anti-LGBTQ+ protesters sued them late last year. The East Frank Superette and Kitchen in Monroe, North Carolina, has been hosting all-ages drag brunch shows for several years now, and those events have drawn protests from [...]

 Transgender actor Elliot Page of Umbrella Academy – who was recently honored as a member of Time’s Most Influential People of 2024 list – told a heartwarming story at the Time100 Summit about coming out as trans to Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman. Blackman, Page said, was one of the first people [...]

New Hampshire state Sen. Carrie Gendreau (R), who is also a former town board member in Littleton, claims that recently painted murals of plants funded by an LGBTQ+ organization hold “demonic hidden messages.” The murals, installed by the nonprofit North Country Pride, are intended to help beautify a neighborhood that faces [...]

Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Happy weekend, folks! I’m Daniel Villarreal, a longtime writer at LGBTQ Nation and the new guardian of the Good News beat here. [...]

Ein aktueller GLAAD-Bericht zeigt einen besorgniserregenden Rückgang von LGBTQ-Charakteren in Filmen und Serien. [...]

In a historic win for the LGBTQ+ community, Aetna reached a settlement today with a group of plaintiffs alleging medical discrimination in their fertility coverage. The insurance company is paying out $2 million to the members of the class action lawsuit, as well as restructuring how they cover fertility for [...]

Gay actor Kevin Spacey has been accused of sexual assault by nine additional men who will appear in a forthcoming two-part documentary entitled Spacey Unmasked, which will air in the U.S. next week. Spacey has denied the allegations and accused the documentary’s creators of only giving him seven days to [...]

By Brian Fehler This spring, Ground Floor Theatre in Austin presented the world premiere of Always a Boy, by mother-son playwrights Jo and Jeremy Ivester. The play, which addresses the family dynamics of having a trans son, had its world premiere deep in the heart of Texas. The post Trans Joy Onstage [...]

Welcome to the (somewhat shorter this week) LGBTQ Nation News Quiz. We’ve kept you up-to-date on politics, current events, and news from the LGBTQ+ community all week. Now, this is your chance to look back on what happened. We’ll be testing your knowledge with a series of questions taken from our headlines this [...]

Sophia Hutchins, the rumored girlfriend of right-wing trans conservative Caitlyn Jenner, recently denied the rumors while misgendering and deadnaming Jenner to her 246,000 Instagram followers. Hutchins also recently worked for the transphobic right-wing media outlet Fox News and is a board member of the Log Cabin Republicans, a self-proclaimed group for [...]

In the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, a beloved principal was reportedly escorted away from her elementary school after she showed a colleague a photo of herself getting a kiss from her girlfriend. The principal was put on administrative leave and hasn’t been seen at the school since. Lauren Dressback, the principal [...]

Die beliebte Kinderserie „Bluey“, bekannt für ihre herzerwärmenden Geschichten und humorvollen Seitenhiebe, hat ein neues Kapitel aufgeschlagen. [...]

Ein kürzlich vom Trevor Project veröffentlichter Bericht enthält alarmierende Daten, die den tiefgreifenden Einfluss politischer Maßnahmen und Diskurse auf junge Menschen aus der LGBTQ+-Community aufzeigen. [...]

“The LGBT center… was one of the reasons why I came to [this university] in the first place.” The University of North Florida (UNF) has shut down its LGBTQ+, intercultural, […] [...]

Congressional Republicans are “sick and tired” of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and they plan to help defeat her resolution to kick out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), which she […] [...]

Alabama’s legislature is advancing two censorious anti-LGBTQ bills: H.B. 130 would ban LGBTQ+ flags in classrooms and expand the state’s “Don’t say gay” law to include grades 6-8; H.B. 385 would jail […] [...]

Recently Happening OUT Travel (happeningout.travel), a travel club serving the LGBT community, advertised a series of travel packages that promises to take the queer traveler to some interesting places: Gay […] [...]

It Gets Better, the world's largest effort to empower LGBTQ+ youth, today announced the release of its first book in nearly 13 years. Queerbook is a collection of short stories, artwork, poetry, photography, essays, and more — created and curated entirely by LGBTQ+ youth. The organization previously released the 2011 New [...]

Lower rates of attempting suicide reported by those who had access to affirming spaces and communities The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, released The 2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People, representing the experiences of more than [...]

BIKE ATHLETIC CELEBRATES 150th ANNIVERSARY IN TIMESSQUARE WITH DANCERS FROM BROADWAY BARES – BENEFITING BROADWAY CARES/EQUITYFIGHTS AIDS On Wednesday, May 1st, BIKE Athletic invited some of Broadway's finest men to Times Square to shimmy and shake, dance and disrobe down to their jockstraps in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of [...]

In honor of Pride Month, Pair Eyewear will donate profits to GLSEN to advance efforts to promote LGBTQ+ inclusion in K-12 schools Pair Eyewear has donated more than $130,000to GLSEN since 2022 Pair Eyewear, the first direct-to-consumer customizable eyewear brand reimagining the consumer experience for individuals with glasses, is honored [...]

By Chef Rossi Being a bisexual rocker chick suited my image, but still, there were all those pesky penises to contend with. At first, I thought, "Maybe I just don’t like nice Jewish boys." The post Oy Vey and Gay appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.The post Oy Vey and [...]

The Biden administration has reinstated Obama-era health care protections for LGBTQ+ people that were rescinded under the Trump administration. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule declaring […] [...]

This past Thursday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed a bill that could make it much harder for Christian conservatives to ban LGBTQ+ books in schools. H.B. 787, dubbed the “Freedom to […] [...]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced that he has sued the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) over new Title IX guidelines that make discrimination against LGBTQ+ students in education […] [...]

Im Jahr 2023 hat sich die Zahl der gemeldeten Straftaten gegen queere Menschen in Bayern alarmierend verdoppelt. [...]

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) has signed a law explicitly allowing anti-LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parents to take in LGBTQ+ youth with no provision to take into account the young […] [...]

Over 670 Grindr users in the U.K. are suing the queer hook-up app for allegedly and non-consensually sharing their “highly sensitive” private information — including ethnicity, orientation, and HIV-status — […] [...]

Louisiana has told the state’s public schools to ignore President Joe Biden’s newly released Title IX rules prohibiting anti-transgender discrimination that are set to go into effect nationwide on August 1. The […] [...]

In einer kürzlich ausgestrahlten Folge der Talkshow "Süß und deftig" sprach der deutsche DJ und Musikproduzent Felix Jaehn offen über die eigene nichtbinäre Geschlechtsidentität und pansexuelle Orientierung. [...]

Ingeborg Boxhammers aktuelle Fernsehinfos: Der Beitrag Fernsehinfos vom 21. April bis zum 3. Mai 2024 erschien zuerst auf phenomenelle. [...]

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By Sarah Drepaul This is what distinguishes the festival from other queer art performances, at least in the U.S.: it is not afraid to understand and showcase queerness in all the ways it impacts us. The post The Rituals of Revival appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.The post The Rituals [...]

By Thomasin Lockwood I frequently thought of women, but could barely admit it to myself, let alone go out and explore it. A drunk make out with a female colleague was as far as I went. The post An Unconventional Coming Out appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.The post An [...]

Oliver Stark verteidigt entschieden die Darstellung von Bucks Bisexualität in "9-1-1" und betont die Bedeutung von Liebe und Inklusion. [...]

Londons Bürgermeister Sadiq Khan hat eine neue Version der Pride-Flagge vorgestellt. Doch nicht alle sind begeistert. [...]

In einer überraschenden Entscheidung haben die Demokraten​ beschlossen, dass amerikanische Botschaften keine Regenbogenflaggen mehr hissen dürfen. [...]

By Jonathan Alexander I didn’t realize at first that this series, especially when seen alongside Maestro, actually epitomizes queerbaiting: it titillates with the specter of gay sex while ultimately punishing the faggots. The post Queerbaiting History: Maestro and Fellow Travelers (Part Two) appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.The post Queerbaiting [...]

Ingeborg Boxhammers aktuelle Fernsehinfos Der Beitrag Fernsehinfos vom 6. bis 19. April 2024 erschien zuerst auf phenomenelle. [...]

By Jonathan Alexander Both of these shows also offer us portraits of queer life and love amidst the homophobia of the mid to late twentieth century. But as I watched and thought about the film and series, I came to feel more and more…baited — queerbaited by the representation of our [...]

Die Nachricht hat viele Fans der Serie "Heartstopper" getroffen: Olivia Colman, die bisher die Rolle der Sarah, der Mutter von Nick (Kit Connor), spielte, wird in der dritten Staffel nicht mehr dabei sein. [...]

Welcher Film ist im Mai 2024 in der "Pride Night" zu sehen? [...]