Conservative Christian baker Jack Phillips. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) A Colorado baker has been fined by a district judge after he refused to bake a blue and pink birthday cake celebrating a trans customer’s transition. Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop – which in 2018 won a narrow Supreme Court victory over its refusal to bake a cake for a
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A woman holds a banner reading “ICE stop attacking our community” during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon. (Getty/ Anadolu Agency/ Alex Milan Tracy) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to wish everyone a happy Pride Month, but the LGBT+ community was having none of it. On Wednesday
Bryan Furze and LeeMichael McLean were the target of a bizarre homophobic campaign (Facebook/LeeMichael McLean) A gay couple who were harassed with homophobic magazine subscriptions found a way to put the abuse to good use with the help of their local community. For five years, Massachusetts couple Bryan Furze and LeeMichael McLean endured a bizarre
Kamala Harris speaks to marchers, as her husband Doug Emhoff looks on, during the Capitol Pride Parade on June 12, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty) Kamala Harris delivered a rallying cry for trans and queer rights after becoming the first sitting vice-president to march at a Pride event. Harris marched at Capitol Pride in Washington DC on
A mural of Marsha P Johnson was vandalised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (Screen capture via News12) A beloved mural of Stonewall legend and trans trailblazer Marsha P Johnson has been vandalised in New Jersey, US. In Elizabeth, where Johnson was born, a sprawling monument was painted by three local artists under the New Jersey Turnpike
Kid Rock performs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Kid Rock has said there’s a “good chance you are a f****t” if offended by his use of a homophobic slur. But don’t worry, he stressed, he has “gay friends”. Kid Rock weathered fierce condemnation after he lobbed the word “f****t” at punters in
President Joe Biden speaks during a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 1 June 2021.(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) The Biden administration has been accused of “aligning itself with anti-LGBTQ hate” after it filed a legal motion claiming it shares the “same” objective as anti-LGBT+
In a Washington DC laundromat, a trans woman was stabbed in the head during a brawl between her and three others. (Screen captures via Twitter/@ Killmoenews1) A trans woman was stabbed in the head in a laundrette in what police suspect may have been a hate crime. Disturbing video footage captured the moment three assailants –
Jalen McKee-Rodriguez. (Facebook/McKee-Rodriguez campaign) Jalen McKee-Rodriguez became on Saturday (5 June) the first openly gay Black man to hold elected office in Texas – and he beat the incumbent in a landslide. Following a tense runoff, McKee-Rodriguez was elected by San Antonio voters to join the city council. In doing so, he triumphantly ousted Jada
US President Joe Biden speaks about the May jobs report on June 4, 2021. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) US president Joe Biden has doubled down on his plea that Congress boost HIV funding by millions as he commemorated 40 years since the first known case of AIDS. On Saturday (5 June), the White House
Becky Pepper-Jackson comes from a family of avid runners. (ACLU) An 11-year-old trans kid and her mum have filed a lawsuit in West Virginia to allow her to run on the girls’ team at school. Becky Pepper-Jackson, a cross country runner, was told by her school principal in May that if she wanted to try
Alexandra Shipp attends the premiere of 20th Century Fox’s Dark Phoenix. (Rich Fury/Getty Images) X-Men star Alexandra Shipp came out as a member of the LGBT+ community Wednesday (3 June) to celebrate Pride Month. To her some 360,000 Instagram followers, Shipp, 29, explained how she had long kept her sexuality a secret until last year.
Flags are seen hanging from the balcony outside of Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman’s office as pro-Trump demonstrators rally below, Supporters of President Donald Trump urged legislators to decertify the election. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) It took only a few hours for an LGBT+ Pride flag hung from the Pennsylvania Capitol to celebrate
Pope Francis. (Getty/Franco Origlia) Hundreds of Catholics stepped forward to bless LGBT+ people during a virtual service in response to the Vatican’s ban on blessings for same-sex couples. The live-streamed event was hosted by Dignity USA, an organisation that works to secure justice and equality for LGBT+ people in the Catholic Church, and was run
Donnie Lee Barrigar, 37, has been found not guilty of criminal tampering after he took down an LGBT+ Pride flag in front of a city hall building in Watertown, New York in June 2020. (WWNY) A man who took down an LGBT+ Pride flag in front of a city hall building in New York has been
Lil Nas X depicted on the Writer’s Block Rehab bar in Philadelphia (Instagram/@asheyeart) Lil Nas X has been honoured with an incredible three-storey mural in the heart of Philadelphia’s downtown ‘gaybourhood’. The LGBT+ icon now has a tribute as big as his fame, a 36-by-36-foot mural featuring three characters from his smash hit single “Montero
Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed the anti-trans sports bill into law. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Florida has officially banned trans girls from playing competitive sports on the correct team in a devastating blow to the state’s LGBT+ community. Republican governor Ron DeSantis signed SB1028 – dubbed “The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” – into
Owen Bondono spoke out against a trans athlete ban making its way through the Michigan Senate. (Twitter) Trailblazing transgender teacher Owen Bondono has expertly explained why degrading trans sports bans are harmful. A bill is currently making its way through the Michigan legislature that would require high school athletes to play on teams that match
Omar Navarro said his children has been ruined by a “flamboyant gay”. (Facebook/ Omar Navarro) Republican congressional candidate and convicted stalker Omar Navarro has said a “flamboyant gay” in Disney’s Cruella has “ruined his childhood”. Navarro, who is running for the seat of California’s 43rd congressional district against Maxine Waters, has publicly opposed LGBT+ rights, declaring
Jeffrey Sanker poses at Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party on 25 April 2015 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/WireImage) Jeffrey Sanker, the founder of White Party Entertainment Inc, died on Friday (28 May) after a long battle with liver cancer. The Los Angeles Blade reported Sanker, 65, passed away at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los
Gym teacher Byron “Tanner” Cross told a Loudoun County Public Schools board meeting that he opposed a policy to respect trans students’ pronouns and names because it is “lying” and “abuse to a child”. (YouTube/The Blue Oak Project) A Virginia elementary school gym teacher has been put on leave after publicly opposing a school policy
Kay Tobin Lahusen, a pioneering LGBT+ rights activist and photojournalist, has died after a brief illness at the age of 91. (Photo provided by Mark Segal/YouTube/Harbinger Media) Kay Tobin Lahusen, a pioneering LGBT+ rights activist and photojournalist, has died after a brief illness at the age of 91. Lahusen, who was the first openly gay American woman
Patrisse Cullors. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Teen Vogue) Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, one of the largest social and political movements in the history of the US, is to step down from the foundation. Cullors, a high-decibel LGBT+ rights activist, said Friday (28 May) would be her last day at the helm
Lauren Boebert has been elected to Congress. (EMILY KASK/AFP via Getty) A Republican lawmaker is being skewered online for a bizarre and abrupt broadside against people sharing their pronouns. Colorado representative Lauren Boebert, a deeply hard-right gun activist, is part of a small but high-decibel bloc of GOP firebrands that tout pro-Donald Trump QAnon conspiracies – notching
A sign for an inclusive restroom. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) In a defiant stand, Nashville’s top prosecutor has refused to enforce a “hateful” Tennessee law that demands businesses post signs saying trans people can use their bathrooms. The grotesque bill, among a raft of anti-trans bills that have deeply curtailed trans rights, was signed by governor
Private first class Kaylie Harris died by suicide after coming out as a lesbian (Facebook/Lilian Harris) A lesbian soldier has tragically taken her own life following an alleged sexual assault by a military colleague days after she came out on Facebook. Private first class Kaylie Harris was just 21 years old when she died by
Nona Conner. (Facebook) Nona Moselle Conner, a trans woman who tirelessly fought for sex workers and became a towering and magnetic LGBT+ activist in Washington DC, has died. She was 37. Her death was confirmed by local community leaders on a GoFundMe page raising money for her memorial. Conner’s cause of death has not been confirmed
In this photo illustration the TikTok logo in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Video-sharing social networking app TikTok’s algorithm is spreading anti-LGBT+ content, according to an analysis by watchdog Media Matters. The report, published on Tuesday (18 May), found TikTok’s recommendation algorithm –
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot addressing crowds in April 2019. (Kamil Krzacyzynski/AFP/ Getty) Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot has said she will only give interviews to journalists of colour in an effort to combat the “overwhelming whiteness” of the the city’s media. Lightfoot – who became Chicago’s first Black female mayor and first openly gay mayor when
Tyler Titus. (Facebook) Trans, genderqueer and non-binary Democrat Tyler Titus has made history by winning the Democratic primary for county executive in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Titus, 36, was declared the winner in the primary on Wednesday (19 May) at 4pm following a close race. They will now face Republican Brenton Davis, a construction company owner,
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