Tag: LGBTQ

Trump Administration Has Pride Flag Removed From NYC’s Stonewall National Monument, Mayor Zohran Mamdani And Others Speak Out

Source: KENA BETANCUR / Getty As the Trump administration continues to use its political power to sway the so-called “culture war” back towards a whiter, more heteronoramtive, and exclusively cisgender America, a large Pride flag was quietly removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan after a directive from the federal government — because under […]

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Trans People Saw the Nancy Mace Crack-Up Coming Long, Long Ago

Former Major League Baseball player Kurt Schilling was fired from ESPN for making anti-transgender comments in 2016. At the time there was some criticism about “cancel culture.” However, Schilling went on to make comments so racist that even Breitbart fired him. Schilling had previously compared Muslims to Nazis. Later, he went on to make statements […]

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Trump and ICE Want You to Think Renee Nicole Good Deserved It

What we saw in the ICE officer’s video should be understood alongside the intense attacks on women and LGBTQ people under this administration. Her killing takes place against the backdrop of everyday oppression that, for so many of us, long preceded Trump. Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss, author of the recent book Man Up: The New Misogyny […]

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North Carolina Ousts Entire Library Board Over Book With Trans Kid

Reiner was found stabbed to death in his Los Angeles home Sunday, alongside his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, was taken into custody early Monday and is being held on $4 million bail. The motive for the gruesome killing is not clear. But in Donald Trump’s mind, the murder is […]

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MAGA Straight Up Imploded This Weekend—And It’s Beyond Messy

“They have talent. They have talent. The great Gary Player, he hits shots. He’s 90 years old. He still plays good. Shot a 70 with me the other day. He’s 90. We’re playing pretty far back too. He’s incredible. You think [Joe] Biden could do that? I don’t think so. Can’t, can’t lift the club,” […]

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Black Trans Mutual Aid Collective Offers Lessons In Community And Care

Source: FG Trade / Getty Mutual aid campaigns and collectives have become an increasing part of the safety net for Black families and communities. For Gabrielle Souza, these things are even more critical when it comes to providing resources and filling in the gaps for Black and brown Trans people.  As executive director of The […]

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The Internet Loves These “Gay Sheep.” The Real Story Is Much Darker.

This is what one of us—Gabriel, a professor of gender, sexuality, and feminist studies—has previously dubbed the “brutal, violent heteronormativity” of animal farming: It’s not that farmers are intentionally hostile to gay animals, but rather that all breeding livestock are ruled by the imperative to breed or die, reducing them to their reproductive potential. This […]

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When Is It Time to Flee?

“Fleeing the land of the free,” as termed by Jayesh Rathod, a law professor at American University researching trans Americans leaving the country, is not just a matter of a few individuals here and there. As conditions in the U.S. have deteriorated, he recently told me, “it became obvious that this was a phenomenon.” “I […]

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Supreme Court Shockingly Makes a Good Decision on Same-Sex Marriage

Aside from those millions of dollars it’s shelling out, Cornell has agreed to hold “annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including the climate for students with shared Jewish ancestry,” to seek out “experts on laws and regulations regarding sanctions enforcement, anti-money laundering, and prevention of terrorist financing,” and hand over “anonymized” […]

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Supreme Court Surprisingly Makes the Right Call on Same-Sex Marriage

Aside from those millions of dollars it’s shelling out, Cornell has agreed to hold “annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including the climate for students with shared Jewish ancestry,” to seek out “experts on laws and regulations regarding sanctions enforcement, anti-money laundering, and prevention of terrorist financing,” and hand over “anonymized” […]

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Trump’s Takeover of Kennedy Center Leads to Stunning Sales Collapse

“Anyone who thought that there was some sophisticated strategy to try and intimidate Kim didn’t know the truth,” Taylor said. “Which was that, the president was freestyling. It was scaring his team. The secretary of defense walked out of one of those meetings and turned to us at the Department of Homeland Security and said, […]

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Red State Judges No Longer Required to Marry Same-Sex Couples

“Yesterday I was with Mr. Toyoda in Japan, and he’s just announced he’s gonna spend, uh, they’re gonna spend $10 billion, and they’re gonna build new car plants,” Trump said Tuesday, referring to the company’s CEO, Akio Toyoda. “And they’re gonna build ’em in numerous states, about six or seven different states.” Trump: Yesterday I […]

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Texas Judges No Longer Required to Marry Same-Sex Couples

“Yesterday I was with Mr. Toyoda in Japan, and he’s just announced he’s gonna spend, uh, they’re gonna spend $10 billion, and they’re gonna build new car plants,” Trump said Tuesday, referring to the company’s CEO, Akio Toyoda. “And they’re gonna build ’em in numerous states, about six or seven different states.” Trump: Yesterday I […]

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Is the Supreme Court Teeing Up a Broader Attack on LGBTQ Rights?

The case comes from Kaley Chiles, a licensed counselor in Colorado Springs with a master’s degree in clinical mental health. She practices talk therapy and does not prescribe medications or other medical treatments. The conflict arises from the fact that her religious beliefs are inextricably linked to her therapeutic practices. “Chiles views her work as […]

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Did Kash Patel Fire Someone for Displaying the LGBTQ Pride Flag?

It was previously reported that “JRDeux” reposted users’ photos that, per The Washington Post, ranged “from explicit photos of male genitalia to images typical of a racy underwear ad.” When that news broke, Reid, who is gay, persisted with his campaign despite Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin urging him to drop out. On Wednesday, American Journal […]

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The Wild Reason Kash Patel Fired Someone

It was previously reported that “JRDeux” reposted users’ photos that, per The Washington Post, ranged “from explicit photos of male genitalia to images typical of a racy underwear ad.” When that news broke, Reid, who is gay, persisted with his campaign despite Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin urging him to drop out. On Wednesday, American Journal […]

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Bari Weiss, Who Thinks Everything Is Woke, Will Be CBS Editor-in-Chief

Agents rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors, used flash bangs, tore tenants from their units, and detained several people—including numerous U.S. citizens—for hours before leaving the building ravaged, according to multiple reports. Pertissue Fisher, who lives in the building, told ABC7 Chicago that ICE agents forced everyone out and only asked questions later. Fisher […]

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Trump Official Gave Free Tickets to GOP Group to Heckle Black Artist

“In the wake of this horrible storm, many Americans in this region felt helpless and abandoned, and left behind by their government,” Trump said last October. “And yet in North Carolina’s hour of desperation, the American people answer the call much more so than your federal government.” Trump, still a presidential candidate, managed to raise […]

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The FBI Is Coming for Trans People

Earlier this month, for example, Faulkner suggested that people rightly questioning the legality of President Trump’s September 2 attack on a Venezuelan boat (which the president claims was “drug-carrying”) are “working against America and for the drug cartels.” In April, she asked a guest whether former President Barack Obama and “others in his political camp” […]

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How Texas A&M Sacrificed a Children’s Lit Professor to the MAGA Cult

If it’s not clear enough by now, the MAGA right is only doing to left-leaning academia what they perceived left-leaning academia was doing to people like them, with students taking cues as they always have. There are only two operative principles behind the surveillance and attacks on higher education, neither of which have anything to […]

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How MAGA Got a Texas A&M Professor Fired Over “Gender Ideology”

If it’s not clear enough by now, the MAGA right is only doing to left-leaning academia what they perceived left-leaning academia was doing to people like them, with students taking cues as they always have. There are only two operative principles behind the surveillance and attacks on higher education, neither of which have anything to […]

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Trump Angers NRA With Plot to Ban Trans People From Owning Guns

The confused and badly failing Democrat Party did nothing about Jeffrey Epstein while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money! They knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love […]

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Minneapolis Mayor Slams Anti-Trans Hate After School Shooting

Breakfast Club host Charlamagne says of Hakeem Jeffries: “I call him AIPAC Shakur.” “I just don’t think he stands for anything.” pic.twitter.com/BGuqattvk7 — Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) August 27, 2025 “Well, well … we need to talk about messaging,” Jordan responded, stopping Charlamagne in his tracks. “I actually went to the Capitol and had a meeting […]

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Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Hated Trump—and All People of Color

Breakfast Club host Charlamagne says of Hakeem Jeffries: “I call him AIPAC Shakur.” “I just don’t think he stands for anything.” pic.twitter.com/BGuqattvk7 — Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) August 27, 2025 “Well, well … we need to talk about messaging,” Jordan responded, stopping Charlamagne in his tracks. “I actually went to the Capitol and had a meeting […]

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DOJ Tried to Force Hospitals to Hand Over Private Info on Trans Kids

“So, I have never actually met [Vladimir] Putin. The president did that meeting. I have talked to him on the phone a number of times. You know, it’s interesting, he’s more soft-spoken than you would necessarily expect. You know, the American media has a particular image of him,” Vance said. “He’s soft spoken, in a […]

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Trump’s DOJ Made Chilling Demand to Hospitals in War on Trans Kids

“So, I have never actually met [Vladimir] Putin. The president did that meeting. I have talked to him on the phone a number of times. You know, it’s interesting, he’s more soft-spoken than you would necessarily expect. You know, the American media has a particular image of him,” Vance said. “He’s soft spoken, in a […]

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What’s Up With the Right Wing’s Vikings Cheerleader Meltdown?

Cain can joke about calling in airstrikes on cheerleaders. Sorbo can search for a new team to disappoint him. Brown can tweet slurs into the void. None of it changes the fact that Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn are going to show up this season, do their jobs, and dance really, really well while doing […]

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Candace Owens Loses It Over Trump’s Silence on Macron Lawsuit

“In fact, where are the journalists even asking them to make a statement, OK?” she continued. “A state leader—a state leader is speaking about your constituent, and launching a lawsuit and saying they’re gonna impoverish them for executing a First Amendment right. Where are you? If you are Trump, the first thing you should have […]

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Learning History Is a Righteous Form of Resistance

Dr. Joshua Allen Gilbert listened to his patient describe their sexual encounters with women. Gilbert thought highly of this patient, whom he characterized as having a “high degree of intellectuality,” as well as numerous “positive attractions” with women. Gilbert’s patient was assigned female at birth but had been known to act more like a boy […]

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Republican Governor Defies Her Party and Vetoes Seven Right-Wing Bills

Donald Trump started his Tuesday morning with a stark warning to his MAGA followers still interested in the Jeffrey Epstein case: Anyone who wants answers is falling for a Democratic “bullshit.” “The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again! Just like with the FAKE and fully discredited Steel Dossier, the lying 51 ‘Intelligence’ Agents, […]

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GOP Governor Defies Her Party and Vetoes Seven Republican Bills

Donald Trump started his Tuesday morning with a stark warning to his MAGA followers still interested in the Jeffrey Epstein case: Anyone who wants answers is falling for a Democratic “bullshit.” “The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again! Just like with the FAKE and fully discredited Steel Dossier, the lying 51 ‘Intelligence’ Agents, […]

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