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All of Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Actions since Last Pride (Plus a Few Welcome Moves)

President Trump acknowledged Pride month via Twitter last week, but his well wishes for the LGBT community fell on skeptical ears following the extensive anti-LGBT actions of his administration.In just the ...

Watch Pete Buttigieg’s Fox News Town Hall, Yep Fox News

“More people have shown up for this Town Hall than any of our previous ones,” says Fox News Host Chris Wallace as contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President Mayor Pete Buttigieg takes the stage ...

House Republican Seeks to Change Name of Equality Act to ‘Forfeiting Women’s Rights Act’

With a vote on the Equality Act expected next week in the U.S. House, Republicans are proposing a slew of anti-LGBT amendments on floor consideration of the measure.The distinction for the most condescendin...

Biden’s Early Support for Same-Sex Marriage Still Remembered for Impact

Seven years ago this week, former Vice President Joseph Biden gave an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that fundamentally altered the course of the marriage equality movement.Biden — now the front-runner...

Biden Receives Early LGBT Support Amid Lingering Questions, Criticism

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement that he is running for president has sparked a mixed reaction among activists and LGBT Democrats.“From his support for inclusive hate crimes protections in the...

Biden Officially Announces Run for President

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday officially announced he is running for president in 2020.Biden in his campaign announcement evoked the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that ...

Kamala Harris Supports Non-Binary Option on Federal IDs

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris has expressed her support for adding a non-binary gender option to federal identification, reported Out Magazine.A member of the American Civil Liberties...

Pete Buttigieg Places Third in National Poll

After reaching third place in Iowa polls, gay Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has placed similarly in a poll from Change Research among Democrat primary voters nationwide.Buttigieg placed third in a pol...

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...

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

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

Jonathan Van Ness Named Essie’s First Non-Female Ambassador for Pride Month

‘Queer Eye’ Star Antoni Porowski Gets a Drag Makeover from Miz Cracker