A Boystown Chicago banner hangs along Cornelia Avenue in the Boystown Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) In weeks to come, those half-drunkenly ordering taxis to Chicago’s queer neighbourhood won’t be typing in Boystown, but rather “Queerville”, “New Town”, or “Spectrumville”. Around 1,200 people have signed a Change.org petition calling for local leaders
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Mark and Patricia McCloskey once waggled guns outside their sprawling mansion as peaceful people protests racial inequality and police brutality. (Screen capture via Twitter) A white couple who stood outside the Missouri, US, mansion and waggled guns at Black Lives Matter protesters, surprise surprise, once allegedly fought to exclude gay folk from moving into their
Portland Pride Parade, 2019. (Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire/ Getty) Non-binary people in Oregon will now be able to change the gender marker on their birth certificates to reflect their identity, an appeals court has ruled. The verdict came when Oregon’s Court of Appeals overturned a 2019 decision that barred people from changing their legal gender to
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
Transgender inmate C. Jay Smith (Image: Medina Orthwein LLP) A transgender inmate who spoke out against repeated sexual abuse from prison guards and made #MeToo complaints could face another ten years behind bars after being “set up”, her lawyers say. C Jay Smith, 59, filed a federal lawsuit last Monday alleging that staff members at
Michelle Steel, president of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and a candidate in California’s 48th congressional district A video has surfaced of a Republican congressional candidate bragging about pulling her daughter out of college because she supported equal marriage. The video appears to show Michelle Steel, who is president of the Orange County Board
A viral video of a guy surprise proposing to his boyfriend has turned us into a blubbering, weeping mess – and serves as a timely reminder that there are good things in the world. In the video, Cody distracted his boyfriend Brandon by asking him to look at something in the distance. He then quickly
Another Black trans woman has been killed in a brutal shooting, making her at least the 21st trans person murdered so far this year in the United States. Bree Black was found dead at her home on Friday night (July 3) after a fatal shooting. Police in Florida were called to the 200 block of
Doulas are not medical professionals, but they provide parents with emotional and physical support, as well as advocacy and information, before, during and after birth. (Envato) A group of queer doulas is meeting the needs of trans and non-binary expecting parents, helping them to feel supported, affirmed and seen. Birth and parenthood are already scary journeys
Gay Utah County commissioner Nathan Ivie. (Screen capture via Twitter) An American gay commissioner who lost a local government election feels the reason he failed to win was “absolutely” because he is gay. Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie, 40, who came out as the state’s first openly gay elected Republican last year, was one of a
Paris Jackson is set to play Jesus Christ in the new film. More than 277,000 people have signed a petition to stop Paris Jackson playing a lesbian ‘gender-bending’ Jesus in new film Habit. The queer actor, musician and daughter of Michael Jackson is set to take on the role of Jesus Christ in the upcoming
Cars packed a road in Emo, Ontario, Canada, as part of an Pride ‘ambush’ after town officials asked why there is no ‘Straight Pride’. (Borderland Pride) Residents at a northwestern Ontario, Canada, township tied vibrant balloons to the hoods of their vehicles, tossed blankets and unfolded flags before buckling their seatbelts and driving. Around 70 vehicles
Cars drive past a billboard featuring Black trans model and activist Jari Jones in an advertisement for Calvin Klein. (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images) Popping a bottle of champagne, a Black trans plus-sized woman looked up at a billboard on Lafayette Street, in New York’s lower Manhattan, to see herself. Model Jari Jones was surrounded
Merritt Corrigan was recently appointed by Trump as deputy White House liaison at USAID Employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have raised concerns over the appointment of an official with a deeply homophobic record. Merritt Corrigan was recently appointed by Trump as deputy White House liaison at USAID despite her troubling
Eyewitnesses say a the centre was attacked by a man with a golf club (Facebook/Oakland LGBTQ Community Centre) Police have launched an investigation after a vandal attacked a local LGBT+ community centre on Pride weekend, leaving staff and volunteers stunned. At around 10.05am on Saturday (June 27), bystanders watched in horror as a man with
Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco’s death sparked outcry for typifying the failures of the criminal justice system for trans women of colour. (Facebook/Polanco family attorney) A total of 17 corrections officers are to be disciplined for their conduct regarding Layleen Polanco, a trans woman of colour who died in solitary confinement in Rikers Island jail. Layleen Xtravaganza
Alarming video footage shows the moment a homophobic and racist passenger scorned his Lyft driver after being asked to wear a mask. (Screen capture via YouTube) A Lyft passenger launched into a racist and homophobic verbal tirade against his driver simply because he was asked to wear a face mask. A May 28 ride in
Joseph Fons holding a Pride Flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building last week (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) An incredible 90 per cent of people in the United States agree with the Supreme Court ruling banning workplace discrimination for LGBT+ people, according to a new poll. Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that LGBT+
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
Janet Mock on the red carpet for Pose. (Rich Fury/Getty Images) Pose director Janet Mock says bookshops still don’t stock her bestselling debut memoir Redefining Realness because of “racism, sexism and transphobia”. The writer, TV host and Emmy award-winning director was responding to a fan who asked, on June 16, why “neither Barnes & Noble
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, 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
Gail Hayden, head of the California Farmer’s Market Association, scolds a gay vendor for handing out LGBT+ Pride flags. (Screen capture via Twitter) A “farmers’ market Karen” jeered and berated a gay vendor was jeered and berated just for handing out LGBT+ Pride flags which she called “political”. The startling footage, uploaded to Twitter Monday
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,
Donald Zarda, Aimee Stephens and Gerald Bostock (L-R) have helped secure LGBT+ rights for millions Tributes have been paid to Aimee Stephens, Gerald Bostock and Donald Zarda – the three LGBT+ plaintiffs whose combined discrimination cases led to the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in favour of equality. In a landmark 6-3 ruling on Monday,
Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco’s death spared outcry for typifying the failures of the criminal justice system for trans women of colour. (Facebook/Polanco family attorney) Officers swung open the iron doors of the cell of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco and called her name. They believed the Latinx trans woman was simply asleep while in solitary confinement. She was
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
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