MSNBC reporter Jacob Soboroff (L) presses Richard Grenell (R) for information during a Trump campaign briefing in Nevada, US. (Screen capture via Twitter/MSNBC) Richard Grenell raged at a pool of journalists reporting at a Trump campaign press conference in Nevada Thursday (November 5), both refusing to name himself and to provide evidence of his allegations
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Supporters hold up an LGBT+ Pride flag for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (George Frey/Getty Images The number of LGBT+ people who voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election more than double compared to four years ago, exit polls suggest. With a bitter and strained electoral battle unfolding and an anxious nation
Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett after she was sworn in. (Getty) As the US presidential election dominates news tickers and Twitter timelines, the Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday morning (4 November) that could throw the nation’s anti-discrimination laws into disarray. In what will become the first fight for justice Amy Coney Barrett, whose
Jabari Brisport believes “queer rights are a multiethnic, multiracial battle”.(jabariforstatesenate/ Instagram) Jabari Brisport, hailed as “the next AOC”, has become the first ever Black LGBT+ person elected to the New York state legislature. A gay, Democratic socialist, public school teacher and third-generation Caribbean-American, Jabari Brisport has become the New York state senator representing Brooklyn’s 25th
Charmaine McGuffey wants to become her state’s first out female LGBT+ person to be elected sheriff (Twitter/@CharmMcGuffey) Charmaine McGuffey, a lesbian who was allegedly fired because of her sexuality, has beaten her Republican rival to become the new sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio. McGuffey made headlines when she announced that she was suing former Democratic
Sarah McBride, National Press Secretary for the HRC Foundation, speaks onstage at The Human Rights Campaign 2018 Los Angeles Gala Dinner. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign) Human Rights Campaign activist and transgender rights champion Sarah McBride has become the first trans woman ever elected to a state senate. McBride claimed a swift victory
Pete Buttigieg continued his run as the breakout star of the US election, delivering an expert tear-down of Donald Trump’s handling of the economy on Fox News. In recent weeks the former presidential hopeful has been a welcome counterpoint to the obsequious Fox News coverage, fuelling viral views as his dry sarcasm and calm, coherent
Lady Gaga speaks in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during a drive-in campaign rally at Heinz Field on November 02, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Drew Angerer/Getty) During his final day on the campaign trail Donald Trump went on a bizarre rant about Lady Gaga, but it’s his pronunciation of her name that will
Donald Trump and his wife Melania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Melania Trump blamed last Thursday (October 29) the “many enemies in the political establishment” on why people feel Donald Trump is anti-LGBT+, something she says she’s “shocked” about. The First Lady has, throughout the president’s pique and caustic leadership, positioned herself almost as a balm of
Senator Lindsey Graham is facing a tough challenge from Democrat challenger Jaime Harrison ahead of the November 3 election (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Republican senator and Trump devotee Lindsey Graham has declared that women can have a “place” in the United States as long as they embrace religion, oppose abortion access and live by a “traditional
Donald Trump has shown just how desperate he’s getting by lashing out at Joe Biden for working with the famous “anti-fracking activist” Lady Gaga. Gaga, who is of course best known for her stance on fracking, will appear at a drive-in rally for Biden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday (2 November) to help build last-minute
A high school coach’s tweet against marriage equality became a lightning rod for controversy. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato/Twitter) A high school coach is under investigation from a public school district in Missouri, US after he tweeted that marriage is only “between a man and woman”. Charles Glotta, a basketball, tennis and track coach in
A quiet suburban family home decorated with Pride flags and signs was targeted by homophobic vandals who plastered the walls with hateful graffiti. The house in Barrington, Illinois, had rainbow-decorated trees lining the driveway and an array of positive signs in the backyard, including one that read: “Love and peace over hate.” Sadly it seems
Jake Bain opened up about his experience of sexual abuse (It Gets Better campaign screenshot/YouTube) Jake Bain, the high-school football star who made headlines when he came out as gay, has opened up about being sexually abused by his father. Bain became one of the first openly queer athletes at the NCAA Division I level
Students walk across the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty) A toxic fraternity, which claims to be one of the oldest in America, is suing a chapter that admitted women and non-binary members for causing “irreparable harm” to its “image”. In 2016, Stephanie Stoneback was asked to pledge the fraternity Sigma
First Lady Melania Trump spoke to Trump supporters at a Make America Great Again event in Atglen, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2020. (GABRIELLA AUDI/AFP via Getty) While attacking Democrats at a Make America Great Again event, Melania Trump insisted that husband Donald “sees potential in everyone, no matter their gender or sexual orientation”. First lady
Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the state capital on May 24, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty) A Texas regulatory board has overturned a ruling that allowed social workers to freely discriminate against LGBT+ people, as well as people with disabilities. On October 12, Texas Republican governor Greg Abbott pressured the state’s regulatory board, the
Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg joined Tenacious D to get young voters to “jump to the left”. (Tenacious D/ YouTube) Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren did the “Time Warp” with Tenacious D in a truly iconic Rocky Horror Picture Show tribute to encourage voters to “jump to the left”. The video is part of the
Transgender veteran Kelly Roser carried the shame of her discharge for decades (Tim Graham/Getty) The US airforce has finally granted an honourable discharge to a trans veteran whose life was marred by mental illness, homelessness, unemployment and drug use. In 1984 Kelly Katherine Roser’s exemplary military career was upended by a one-time positive drug test
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett reacts as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. (Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty) Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed for the Supreme Court. The Senate voted to confirm Barrett’s nomination 52 to 48 on Monday (26 October). Barrett is expected
Danell Leyva, three-time USA Gymnastics Olympic Medalist, attends a viewing party of the Olympic Opening Ceremony hosted by the filmmakers of “Icarus” at the Hollywood Athletic Club on February 9, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Netflix) Three-time Olympic gymnastics medallist Danell Leyva has explained how stereotypes about male gymnasts held him back
Cher performed a reworked version of “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe” in support of Joe Biden at a virtual benefit concert, and found time to visit a Las Vegas gay bar to encourage people to vote. As the US presidential election draws close, LGBT+ icon Cher was the final act in an event titled “I
Del Martin (L) and Phyllis Lyon (R). (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AFP via Getty Images) The home of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, a late lesbian couple who sought to defy federal and state marriage equality bans in 2004 by getting married, could be preserved as a city landmark. Lyon and Martin were the first in California to receive
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention (Chris Carlson-Pool/Getty) An LGBT+ Republican group has endorsed 12 politicians who have long track records of opposing LGBT+ rights. The Log Cabin Republicans, which describes itself as “the nation’s original and largest
Evangelical preacher Franklin Graham has lashed out at Pope Francis for “trivialising Christ’s sacrifice” by “normalising homosexuality”. Pope Francis suggested in a documentary that premiered on Wednesday (October 21) that gay people “have a right to be part of the family” and threw his support behind “civil union law” so same-sex relationships can be “legally
Sen. Sen. Susan Collins on September 9, 2020 in Washington DC. (Greg Nash- Pool/Getty Images) Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine, has accepted the endorsement of an anti-LGBT+ group by saying she’s “truly grateful” for its support – despite previously supporting the LGBT+ community. Collins was the fourth sitting Republican to indicate support for
Mary Fay, one of the few openly gay Republican congressional candidates, was speaking when the event was hijacked (Campaign video) A lesbian congressional candidate has spoken out after a virtual debate she was involved in was hijacked with racist and homophobic messages. Mary Fay, one of the only openly gay Republicans running for office in
Carole Baskin could “just as easily have had a wife”. (Carole Baskin) Carole Baskin has revealed that she is bisexual, and that she discovered her sexuality while spending time with the LGBT+ community during the AIDS crisis. Speaking with PinkNews just two weeks after her elimination from Dancing with the Stars, Baskin said she was
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden addresses a drive-in campaign rally at the Michigan State Fairgrounds October 16, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Joe Biden has been condemned by a designated homophobic hate group for saying he will “flat out change the law” to reverse Donald Trump’s transphobic policies. Biden made the comments in a televised town
Kendall Stephens was brutally beaten in her own home. (Human Rights Campaign) Kendall Stephens, a trans woman who survived a horrific transphobic attack in her own home, has described the shocking reaction by police who “cracked jokes while she bled onto the floor”. Warning: contains graphic descriptions of violence against a trans person. Kendall Stephens,
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