A grieving mother in Nashville, Tennessee has demanded justice for her 17-year-old daughter, who was shot and killed last week. Ashanti ‘Ace’ Posey, 17, was driving with another person in the city on April 9 when she was fatally shot. Police investigating the incident have alleged that her death the shooting came shortly after the
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J Chong is a chef and LGBT+ activist. (Chef J Chong/ Instagram) An LGBT+ activist and chef was attacked with an anti-Asian, racist, homophobic “Zoombombing” while simply trying to give a cooking class for her community. J Chong is a sous chef at a North Carolina restaurant, and she also sits on the board of
Sunday marks the first anniversary of a ban on trans people joining the US Armed Forces. After months of litigation and controversy over the issue, the Defense Department levelled the policy that, to this day, nobody can figure out why it was even needed and what effect it has to positively impact those who enlist
Actor Rob Lowe is ‘developing’ a Tiger King project with Ryan Murphy. His dog, however, is terrified of the road ahead, apparently. (Instagram) We officially have confirmation that we’re in the Bad Place and the darkest timeline after actor Rob Lowe shared a photo of himself dressed as Tiger King star Joe Exotic. The truly
Grindr. (Getty) Georgia, US, police have been accused of “cataclysmic failure” by LGBT+ activists after cops arrested nine men following a three-day sting operation conducted through Grindr. The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office carried out the apprehension from March 2 to 4, according to Project Q. But after the arrests were made, the names, mug shots
Joe Biden holds a virtual campaign event on March 13, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty) Joe Biden is holding a star-studded ‘virtual’ fundraiser in the Los Angeles LGBT+ community, with minimum donations of $1,000. The event on April 23 will feature performances from TV, Broadway and music stars, including Billy Porter, Kristin Chenoweth and Melissa Etheridge. The
Kayleigh McEnany speaks at a “Keep America Great” campaign rally on January 9, 2020 (Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire/ Getty) This week Trump welcomed his new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, a combative TV pundit with a long history of anti-LGBT+ comments. McEnany has previously worked as Trump’s spokesperson for his re-election campaign and as
NASA astronaut Anne McClain was accused of space crimes by her estranged wife (Photo by Sergei Savostyanov/TASS via Getty Images) An astronaut’s estranged wife has been indicted for falsely accusing her of committing a crime from space. NASA astronaut Anne McClain had been accused of improperly accessing the bank account of her wife Summer Worden
US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing at the White House (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump has admitted he doesn’t have a clue about the FDA’s decision to change the rules on men who have sex with men donating blood — despite effusive praise from gay Republicans. The Log
The evangelical hate preacher Franklin Graham has unsurprisingly praised two horrific anti-trans bills that have just passed in Idaho. The first bill, HB509, bans trans people from changing the gender on their birth certificates, flouting a previous a federal court ruling on the issue. The second, HB500, bans schools and colleges from letting trans girls
Henrietta Robinson was ‘ beacon of light in the transgender movement’ (Facebook/Miami Beach Pride) A trans woman known as ‘Grand Lady of Miami Beach’ has died of coronavirus, marking yet another LGBT+ leader lost to the disease. Henrietta Robinson, 79, was a renowned figure in the LGBT+ community and was celebrated as one of the
Kathy Kozachenko. )Human Rights Party (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records / Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) Forty-one years ago yesterday, on April 2, 1974, out lesbian Kathy Kozachenko made history as the first openly gay person elected to political office in the US. Three years before Harvey Milk, the more well-known gay-rights advocate commonly given
Stock image of blood donation. (Pexels) After pressure from politicians and LGBT+ advocates, the rules on gay and bisexual men donating blood in the US have finally been relaxed amid the coronavirus crisis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised its guidelines to allow for more blood donations from gay and bisexual men, as
Brian Zupanick, left, and his partner John Giarratano, who has been battling coronavirus (GoFundMe) A gay man who watched his partner struggle through coronavirus has shared his story with the warning: “Everyone should be terrified.” Brian Zupanic lives in New York City with his partner of ten years, John Giarratano, a freelance TV producer. Aged
US President Donald Trump speaks while flanked by Vice President Mike Pence (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The Trump White House has flatly rejected criticism over its ties to anti-LGBT hate groups. A report from anti-extremism watchdog Southern Poverty Law Center revealed a “sharp expansion” in the number of anti-LGBT hate groups operating across the
A Colorado lawyer who referred to a judge as a “gay fat fag” has been ordered to undertake cultural sensitivity training. According to documents released from an administrative tribunal, Denver lawyer Robert E Abrams was reported by his own clients in a construction dispute after he sent them an email deriding judge Phillip Douglass, who
In the middle of a global crisis, Republican Idaho governor Brad Little is focusing on attacking trans people In the midst of a global pandemic, Republican Idaho governor Brad Little has effectively declared open season on trans people in his state. On Monday, Little signed two laws that campaigners say effectively make trans people second-class
The pioneering trans activist Lorena Borjas sadly passed away at the age of 60 (Facebook/Samy Nemir Olivares) The pioneering transgender activist Lorena Borjas has tragically passed away from coronavirus early on Monday morning. Borjas, 60, was known as the mother of the trans Latinx community in Queens. As a survivor of human trafficking, she dedicated
Trans people, especially trans women, experience rocketing levels of violence and hate crime. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A trans woman with a “beautiful heart” was fatally stabbed in the neck in Harlem Park, New York, early Saturday morning during a spat over a wig she allegedly stole. In the light of the morning after, a crescent-shaped
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, along with 15 other senators, have urged the Trump administration to allow gay and bisexual men donate blood due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 17 senators told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a letter that it needs to change its rules in order to meet blood transfusion demands
Now back home, Kathy Griffin experienced coronavirus-esque symptoms but clinicians were unable to offer her a test, she claimed. (Twitter) Kathy Griffin might have been exposed to the coronavirus. Or she might not have. The comic was not tested. Griffin revealed in a tweet Thursday that she checked into a hospital after experiencing “unbearably painful” symptoms, but
American Cody Pfister became a lightning rod for condemnation after taking part in a ‘coronavirus challenge’, including from British TV personality Piers Morgan. (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images) In news that proves, somehow, the world truly can get worse, British broadcaster Piers Morgan made a fisting joke Wednesday night. The Good Morning Britain talkshow host
Tavoy Malcom, charged with conning several elderly women of their savings, is suing the federal federal government for housing her, a trans woman, with male inmates. (Instagram) After her pleas were repeatedly ignored, a trans woman is suing the American federal government after she was raped by two inmates after being housed with men. Tavoy
A queer costume designer has shared his experience with the coronavirus and has urged people everywhere to take the pandemic seriously. Writing on Instagram, Tarek Soliman, who designed Sasha Velour’s headpiece for the season 10 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, shared his experience with COVID-19. He said he wanted “young people who think this virus
A lawsuit states that the Trump administration haw ‘unlawful’ plans to strip LGBT+ Americans of vital discrimination protections, threatening access to federally-funded services. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images) A lawsuit states that the Trump administration has ‘unlawful’ plans to strip LGBT+ Americans of vital discrimination protections, threatening access to federally-funded services. The suit centres on a “notice
Idaho legislators are blazing a bill that will ban trans girls from participating in school athletics. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) For some strange reason amid panic around the coronavirus pandemic, Republican lawmakers in Idaho met Monday to push forward a “mean-spirited” bill banning trans and intersex girls from competing in school athletics. And with
US president Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak was, well, trumped by fetish underwear brand Nasty Pig. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A CEO of a fetish gear and underwear brand has become a pacesetter for, well, actually delivering advice on navigating the coronavirus crisis snarling the US that is both informative and accurate. In other
One of the anti-LGBT+ stickers plastered on the centre, which has been holding Drag Queen Story Hour events since last June. (ABC11/Screenshot) An LGBT+ community centre has filed a police report after white supremacists plastered it with anti-LGBT+ stickers, apparently to protest Drag Queen Story Hour events. One sticker put on the North Carolina centre
LGBT+ leaders launch a hunger strike in Santa Ana demanding an end to ICE jail contracts. They say transgender women face abuse while in detention (Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register/Getty) A trans woman seeking asylum in the US has been sexually assaulted while locked up in immigration detention and must be released, advocates say.
Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (Ty Wright/Getty) A Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licences to gay couples is now trying to get same-sex marriage outlawed in the United States. Kim Davis, who is a former clerk for Rowan county, is involved with a