Biggest National News of 2020
2020 was historic for the entire country, particularly LGBTQ Americans. Along with the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement, 2020 was the deadliest year on record for transgender people, LGBTQ e...
Pete Buttigieg Makes History as First LGBTQ Cabinet Nominee
Pete Buttigieg has been nominated for U.S. Secretary of Transportation in the Biden-Harris administration, cementing him as the first out LGBTQ cabinet nominee. The Biden-Harris transitional team tweeted the...
A Record Percentage of LGBTQ Candidates Won their Races in 2020
This election cycle was historic for LGBTQ Americans for a number of reasons. Not only did a record number of LGBTQ candidates run in 2020, but a record percentage of LGBTQ candidates won their races, according...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Same-sex Parents on Birth Certificates
The U.S. Supreme Court, which many predicted would roll back LGBTQ rights with its new 6-3 conservative majority, has turned down a request to hear a case that would have undercut the guarantee of full marriage...
Trump’s Labor Dept. Goes Through with Gutting LGBTQ Workplace Protections
With less than two months remaining in the Trump administration, the Department of Labor went through with making a rule final on Monday that would grant religious institutions a broader exemption under former ...
Biden Promises LGBTQ Leaders ‘the Most Pro-equality Administration in History’
President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday to a conference of LGBTQ leaders he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris “are committed to being the most pro-equality administration in history.” Biden made the co...
‘Mean Girls’ Star Jonathan Bennett is Engaged to Partner Jaymes Vaughan
Mean Girls and The Christmas House star Jonathan Bennett has gotten engaged to his partner TV host Jaymes Vaughan. In an interview with People, the couple revealed that Vaughan wrote a proposal song for Benn...
Elliot Page Comes Out as Transgender, Non-binary
Oscar-nominated actor and star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” Elliot Page, came out Tuesday as transgender and non-binary in a message posted to his social media accounts. “I love that I am trans. And I...
Gay Veteran Aide Carlos Elizondo First LGBTQ Appointee in Biden-Harris Administration
The first of what is expected to be a number of LGBTQ appointees in the Biden-Harris administration is veteran aide Carlos Elizondo. Elizondo, who previously served both terms of the Obama administration as ...
Two Lesbian Women of Color Named to Key Roles in Biden White House Communication Staff
The Biden transition team announced late Sunday night two lesbian women of color — Karine Jean-Pierre and Pili Tobar — were selected to serve as key members for the new administration’s White House communicatio...
Court Strikes Down Bans on Conversion Therapy as Violations of Free Speech
A federal appeals court has issued a major blow against bans on conversion therapy for youth by ruling they violate the First Amendment, setting up a split within the judiciary that could lead the U.S. Supreme ...