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Mike Pence’s New Chief of Staff Under Fire for Writing Homophobic Column about HIV/AIDS

Vice President Mike Pence’s incoming chief-of-staff, Marc Short, has been under fire for a column he wrote about a man with HIV, reported The Daily Beast. The column in question was written by Short for his ...

Trump Seems Unaware of Own Global Initiative to Decriminalize Homosexuality

President Trump seemed unaware on Wednesday of his administration’s own global initiative calling on nations to decriminalize homosexuality. Trump was apparently unaware the initiative during a gaggle with n...

Trump Praises Karen Pence for Teaching at Anti-LGBTQ School

President Trump made a series of veiled anti-LGBT statements under the guise of “religious freedom” Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, including praise for Karen Pence for teaching at a Christian school...

Pence Calls Criticism of Wife’s Anti-LGBT School ‘Deeply Offensive’

Vice President Mike Pence, who’s notorious for his anti-LGBT record, responded Thursday to criticism over his wife Second Lady Karen Pence teaching at a school that excludes LGBT teachers and students, calling ...

Karen Pence Working at Anti-LGBTQ School

Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen Pence, has started working at an anti-LGBTQ Christian School, reported the Huffington Post. Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia, where Mrs. Pence teaches ar...

Krysten Sinema Sworn in as Senator by Mike Pence with Law Book instead of Bible

Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) was sworn into the United States Senate by Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday but her ceremony had an unconventional twist. Sinema, who is the first openly bisexual person elected...

LGBTQ Organizations Criticize Mike Pence’s World AIDS Day Speech

Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech on Thursday for World AIDS Day to address how the United States is fighting the epidemic on a national and worldwide scale. With his failure to mention the LGBTQ communit...

Vice President Pence campaigns for anti-LGBTQ candidate Lou Barletta

On Tuesday, Vice President Michael Pence made a surprising stop in Pennsylvania. It seems the VP is campaigning hard for Congressman Lou Barletta, who is running for the Senate of that state. Pence took a tr...

According to Karamo Brown, Mike Pence’s wife likes Queer Eye

During an interview with Vulture (held to discuss the second season of the recently-relaunched makeover show), Queer Eye's Brown told the online magazine that he'd met with the staff of Karen Pence, the wife of...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 23

1. The Trump Administration will allow anti-trans discrimination in health care. According to the Advocate, "The administration will reverse a mandate of the ACA which bars discrimination against trans patients...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, March 29

1. The Pulse nightclub shooter originally intended to strike at Disney World, NBC News has reported. Prosecutors claim that Omar Mateen had planned to attack the theme park by hiding a gun in a stroller, but wa...

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

Donald Trump to Meet Anti-LGBTQ Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

West Virginia Senator Only Democrat Not to Support Equality Act

Puerto Rico Lawmakers Block Vote on Bill to Ban Conversion Therapy for Minors

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Gay Singer Sam Smith Comes Out as Non-Binary Genderqueer

Bisexual YouTuber Lily Singh gets Late Night NBC Talk Show

Netflix Cancels ‘One Day at a Time’