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Buttigieg Claims $7 Million in Fundraising for 2020 Campaign

Pete Buttigieg claimed a $7 million haul in first quarter fundraising for the exploratory committee for his 2020 presidential bid — an impressive score for an openly gay candidate who was virtually unknown mont...

Civil Rights Groups Change Tune, Now Fully Support Equality Act

After previously withholding full support of the Equality Act, civil rights groups have now come out in favor of the legislation to ban anti-LGBT discrimination as the House prepares to consider the bill.Ci...

Mad at Biden? Gay 2020 Hopeful Pete Buttigieg Called Mike Pence a ‘Super-Nice Guy’

Former vice president and potential 2020 hopeful Joseph Biden sparked criticism this week after calling Mike Pence a “decent guy,” but another Democrat pursuing a presidential run — one who is openly gay — made...

Jared Polis Talks Pro-LGBTQ Bills, Experience of Being Gay Governor

Seven weeks after his inauguration on Jan. 8, Jared Polis is already seeing progress in his new job as governor of Colorado. A teacher’s strike in Denver is resolved and legislation is heading to his desk aimed...

LGBT Democrats Play Visible Role at DNC Winter Meeting in DC

The Democratic Party’s support for LGBT rights and the election of a record number of LGBT people — nearly all Democrats — to public office in the 2018 midterm elections were widely discussed at the Democratic ...

Pete Buttigieg Makes Pitch to LGBTQ Voters in Bid to Become First Out Gay President

It’s pronounced “Boot-a-judge.”That was the first thing South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg cleared up for the Washington Blade in response to questions about his 2020 presidential run in a Jan. 31 interv...

White House Mum on Trump’s Anti-LGBT Meeting with Ginni Thomas

The White House remains silent on President Trump’s reported meeting with anti-LGBT activist Ginni Thomas, the spouse of conservative U.S. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, despite objections from LGBT rights ...

Gay Mayor Pete Buttigieg Announces His Bid for 2020 Presidency

Openly gay Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg has announced he will run for President in 2020, reported the Wall Street Journal.The Afghanistan veteran emphasized his youth – he’s only 37 years old – in a video p...

Anti-Trans History of Kamala Harris is Criticized After She Announces Bid for 2020 Presidency

Questions of Kamala Harris’ transgender rights record have come up after she announced her bid for the 2020 presidential election, reported PinkNews.The California senator, who was the state’s Attorney Gene...

Tulsi Gabbard Apologizes for Anti-Gay Past in New Video

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard apologized for her anti-gay past — including 2004 remarks calling marriage-equality advocates “homosexual extremists” — in a new video Thursday.“In my past, I...

Anti-LGBTQ Past of Potential 2020 Presidential Nominee Tulsi Gabbard Revealed

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard announced in an interview with CNN that she was throwing her hat into the ring for the 2020 presidency. However, CNN revealed that she has an anti-LGBTQ past.Gabbard worked for her fa...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Nintendo Faces Backlash After Removing Trans Flag Level from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years