In a pair of pro-Trump ads launched in Michign, Kevin Whitt discusses how healthcare available to trans youth is comparable to ‘child abuse’. (Scree capture via YouTube) Joe Biden is being targeted with a slew of anti-trans adverts by a conservative think tank, spreading what the US’ top LGBT+ rights groups are calling “dangerous” and
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Former president of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Alex Wong/Getty) Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife Becki have denied allegations she performed oral sex on a 22-year-old
Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump and White House adviser, addresses attendees at the Republican presidential nomination. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Ivanka Trump had the audacity Thursday evening (August 27) to walk onto the 2020 Republican National Convention stage to a beloved Elton John song. Donald Trump is a known fan of Elton John’s
Aaliyah once “forcefully checked” a homophobic co-star who was taunting a gay crew member on the set of Romeo Must Die, according to make-up artist Eric Ferrell. The singer and actress, who tragically died in a plane crash aged 22 in 2001, made her film debut in 2000’s Romeo Must Die – and she was not going to let
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia on August 21, 2020. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty) Despite claiming that it is a “great honour” to be the “most pro-gay” president in history, Donald Trump has erased LGBT+ people from
A political candidate in Washington state pulled down a church’s rainbow flag and branded it the “sodomite flag.” Daniel Charles Svoboda, a candidate for the Washington House of Representatives on behalf of the fringe “Trump Republican Party” – not to be confused with the Republican Party – could face charges over his actions. Trump-loving political
Conservatives in America are reportedly hoping Donald Trump will weaponise trans rights in an effort to revitalise his failing re-election bid. Polls suggest that Trump’s campaign is on thin ice, and some Republicans are now hoping that the president will launch an attack on trans people in an effort to gain popular support from conservatives.
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. (CNN) Anderson Cooper has channelled his big daddy energy to mock Donald Trump for fleeing a press conference after questions about his support for a homophobic conspiracy theorist. Trump made an abrupt exit from the White House press briefing on Tuesday (July 28) when he was challenged over his decision to
GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis in 2019. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for ‘BEYOND’ Spirit Day Concert 2019) Sarah Kate Ellis, president of LGBT+ advocacy organisation GLAAD, is calling for LGBT+ people and their allies to do three crucial things ahead of the US election. “We have 100 days to impact the course of history and put
A trans man is taking legal action against a Catholic hospital in Mayland, US, after staff refused him healthcare because they found it “immoral”. Jesse Hammons is suing the University of Maryland Medical System and the Saint Joseph Medical Center in Towson for violation of his First and Fourth Amendment constitutional rights and his rights
Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) An “old-fashioned Democrat” has claimed that calling Donald Trump homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic or racist is “as offensive as the n word”. In a letter to the editor of Southern Maryland News, the “old-fashioned ‘America first’ Democrat” wrote that they were “offended
Andrew Lloyd Webber. (Mike Coppola/Getty) As much as the moon has lost its memory, Andrew Lloyd Webber certainly hasn’t after he sent the Donald Trump campaign team a cease-and-desist letter after the US president used “Memory” from Cats at a rally all the way back in 2017. The year 2020 really knows how to keep
Army Sergeant Shane Ortega laces up boots before posing for a portrait at home at Wheeler Army Airfield on March 26, 2015 in Wahiawa, Hawaii. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) Democratic lawmakers have pressed for an end to Donald Trump ‘s ban on transgender people serving in the military, in wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling
Reddit, after years of piling pressure, clamped down on boards that, under new guidelines, promoted hate speech. A transphobic “gender critical feminist” forum was one of them. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Reddit, one of the largest social networking and imageboard websites, has banned one of the most prolific “gender critical” communities as part
Peppermint was among the first queens to come onboard. (James Michael Avance) Since the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race aired more than a decade ago, 153 queens have shantayed, sashayed and sissied that walk. And only one of those 153 queens has been openly trans. Her name is Peppermint, the legendary queen from NYC
Donald Trump in 2016. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) In what may be a worrying signal that he plans to limit the impact of last week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling protecting gay and transgender workers, Donald Trump has tweeted in support of an Idaho law that bans trans athletes from girls sports. The Supreme Court ruled it
Vice President Mike Pence arrives at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Vice president Mike Pence has reacted pretty much exactly as you’d expect to the Supreme Court ruling that you can’t just fire people for being gay anymore. Pence, known for his hardline anti-LGBT+
Michael Pack, head of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). (Twitter) Michael Pack, the head of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) who was chosen by Donald Trump, has appointed a new federal agency director with ties to an anti-LGBT+ organisation. The USAGM is an independent agency which oversees state-run media outlets, for
Donald Trump’s campaign team weathered criticism for its use of Nazi signage. (Facebook/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Facebook removed Thursday (June 18) adverts placed by the Donald Trump reelection campaign that included a symbol once used by the Nazis to designate prisoners in concentration camps. After tallying more than 950,000 and 500,000 impressions on Trump’s and Mike
Donald Trump, seemingly out-trumping himself, sought to send the supreme leader of North Korea a copy of Elton John’s music. (Chip Somodevilla/Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for EJAF) Donald Trump, you know, the leader of the free world, is apparently obsessed with sending Kim Jong-un, you know, the leader of North Korea, a copy of “Rocket Man” by
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic was jailed for trying to have an animal rights activist murdered. (Netflix) Tiger King star Joe Exotic has likened prison to the “American slave trade” in a letter invoking the name of George Floyd and asking Black Lives Matter supporters to push for prison reforms. In an open letter, Exotic referenced
Donald Trump praised American scientists for developing a non-existent AIDS vaccine (Screenshot: The Hill) Donald Trump has falsely suggested that American scientists have “come up with” an AIDS vaccine, which doesn’t exist. Speaking at a press conference on police reform, the president began rambling off topic and instead hailed his own efforts to tackle the
Donald Trump has said he will “live with” the Supreme Court’s ruling that LGBT+ people are entitled to civil rights protections, despite his administration’s fierce opposition in court. In a landmark 6-3 ruling on Monday, the court affirmed that LGBT+ people are entitled to protection from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity under Title VII,
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Joe Biden spearheaded a blistering backlash against the Trump administration that on Friday (June 12) “cruelly” erased precious healthcare protections for trans patients less than two weeks into Pride Month. The Department of Health and Human Services finalised a rule that effectively means gender identity
Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) On the four year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting – when a man laid siege onto a queer Latinx club killing 49 people, many LGBT+ – the Trump administration Friday evening (June 12) brutally rolled-back healthcare protections for trans patients. …Happy
Merritt Corrigan. (WPA Intelligence/ Twitter) A new member of Donald Trump’s administration previously said that America is in the clutches of a “homo-empire” that pushes a “tyrannical LGBT+agenda”. Merritt Corrigan was recently appointed by Trump as deputy White House liaison at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), America’s foreign aid agency. The new Trump
Donald Trump inexplicably entered the arena to the Village People at a rally in India in February 2020. (Getty) Village People lead singer Victor Willis has told US president Donald Trump to stop playing their music at his rallies. This is a marked change of tune from the band, who in February 2020 said they
Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples in the name of religion. Department of Justice attorneys submitted a 35-page brief to the Supreme Court asking it to rule in favour
Comediam Kathy Griffin garnered outrage from conservatives for tweeting about US president Donald Trump. (John Sciulli/Getty Images for Playboy Playhouse) Kathy Griffin is making headlines again for doing what she does best – being an indefatigable critic of Donald Trump. The American comedian skewered the US president with a satirical but since-deleted tweet Tuesday (May 26), the
Gay ambassador Richard Grenell, one of the only out LGBT+ officials appointed by Donald Trump, is reportedly set to step down. On social media, Grenell appeared to confirm reports from German newspaper Die Welt that he is set to depart the role after two years. Grenell has been standing in as the acting Director of