Out On Film Approved for $10,000 Grant
Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ film festival, was recently approved for a $10,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant will support the organization’s 33rd annual film festival. ...
Trump’s Budget Seeks Increased HIV Funds — but Housing, Global Programs Cut
With a declared goal of beating HIV/AIDS in the United States by 2030, President Trump this week in his $4.8 trillion budget request for fiscal year 2021 proposed major increases in HIV/AIDS funds, but global p...
LGB Youth Four Times More Likely to Plan and Attempt Suicide, Report Finds
A report released by the Trevor Project reveals that LGB young adults are four times more likely to plan and attempt suicide than straight peers. The report analyzes both the Trevor Project’s own research an...
Sanders Wins New Hampshire in Narrow Lead over Buttigieg
After taking home a narrow victory over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses, former mayor Pete Buttigieg has come in second behind Sanders in the New Hampshire primaries on Tuesday (February 11). Accord...
Attorney for Transgender Starbucks Employee Calls New Trans-Positive Ad Campaign “Hypocritical”
An attorney for Maddie Wade, a former transgender Starbucks employee who sued the company for harassment and discrimination, has deemed the coffee shop’s new trans-positive ad campaign "hypocritical." In 201...
New Biden Ad Mocks Buttigieg’s Youth, Experience as Mayor
Joseph Biden’s presidential campaign came out swinging Saturday with a whopper of a TV ad taking a back-handed compliment approach to criticizing Pete Buttigieg. The 60-second ad, which the Biden campaign un...
Pete Buttigieg Makes History in Iowa Caucus
Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly LGBTQ person to win the Iowa caucus in a slim lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders—however, Sanders’ campaign has also claimed a victory, revealing the confusing nature ...
Jameela Jamil Comes Out Amidst Backlash from Voguing Reality Show
The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil “officially” came out as queer on Twitter after receiving criticism for being the head judge of a new voguing competition show. “Twitter is brutal,” she wrote in a long p...
Buttigieg and Sanders Lead in Iowa
With 96 percent of the results from Monday’s caucus in Iowa in, Pete Buttigieg is neck and neck with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the top spot. Buttigieg, who made history as the first openly LGBTQ Democr...
Bill to Strengthen Federal Hate Crimes Law Introduced in Senate
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have introduced a bill that would strengthen federal hate crime law, according to a press release. The Justice for Victims of Hate Crimes Act of 2020 woul...
Donald Trump Fails to Mention LGBTQ Community in State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump outlined his priorities for the coming year in his State of the Union address, which included renewing his pledge to beat HIV by 2030, on Tuesday (February 4)—however, he failed to includ...