Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, CA, has become the first trans person to earn a spot in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Schneider, who coincidentally made her first appearance on the show on [...]
We’ve come a long way when it comes to HIV and AIDS misinformation. But the stigma and discrimination surrounding the conditions during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the ‘80s still lingers today. For [...]
JoJo Siwa is many things at 18 years old: an incredibly popular YouTube star, an accomplished dancer, a trailblazer, a teen idol, and a loud and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. She also knows [...]
Those zany Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) are at it again. In a new video, the allegedly LGBTQ+ organization hailed former first lady Melania Trump as a gay icon. The video lauds Trump as “the first [...]
Sound the alarms because “Twilight” queen and rebooted “Charlie’s Angel” star Kristen Stewart and her girlfriend are engaged. The Advocate reported that during an appearance on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show,” Stewart revealed that she [...]
“Harold & Kumar” actor Kal Penn, also a former White House staff member during the Obama administration, came out as gay this week, and we’re more than excited. He announced his engagement to his partner, [...]
The U.S. Department of State issued the first passport with the gender marker “X” on Wednesday. Dana Zzyym revealed themselves as the recipient of the passport. Zzyym, a Colorado-based intersex activist, has been battling the [...]
Today I learned that LinkedIn, the popular social networking site, is now allowing people to use bare-butt photos in their profiles. I was a little surprised considering that — oh, wait. It's Grindr, not LinkedIn. [...]
Controversial comedian Dave Chappelle has a new and unlikely ally in controversial trans reality star Caitlyn Jenner. This partnership comes after Chappelle responded to the media coverage of his Netflix special “The Closer” in an [...]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott continued his attack on the LGBTQ+ citizens of his state Monday by signing a new bill into law that forbids trans students from competing on school teams that correspond with their [...]
Controversy continues to follow comedian Dave Chappelle after his latest special “The Closer,” which premiered on Netflix earlier this month, was criticized for harsh, anti-trans content. The backlash was swift, with trans Netflix employees staging [...]
For L.A.-based queer photographer Sorrell Scrutton, their dog Frankie really is their best friend. When COVID struck, Frankie helped them counter the isolation. Given their bond, Scrutton decided to reach out to other queer friends [...]
When Maurice Tomlinson married his husband, Tom Decker, in 2011, he did not plan on saying goodbye to his home country of Jamaica. He certainly didn’t expect Jamaica to say goodbye to him. But that’s [...]
Being bisexual is a little like being colorblind: no one would notice just by looking at you. If you don’t tell people, they won’t know. Unlike color blindness, however, bisexuality is weighed down by stereotypes, [...]
Cameron Kasky, the 20-year-old anti-gun violence activist and survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has come out as queer in an Instagram post. “I don’t know [...]
It's not often that a leading religious figure is also a leading LGBTQ+ activist, but Archbishop Carl Bean was both. Founder of the Los Angeles-based Unity Fellowship Church Movement (UFCM) and singer of the 1977 gay [...]
You’ve likely seen Garrett Clayton, Dearborn native and alum of Dearborn Heights' Crestwood High School and Oakland University, on screens large and small. The versatile actor has starred in Disney’s “Teen Beach Movie” and “Teen [...]
The Human Rights Campaign has followed through with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s demand, firing Alphonso David, the beleaguered (now, former) executive director of the HRC. “At HRC, we are fighting to bring full equality [...]
Subscription-based social media platform OnlyFans has been making headlines recently after announcing an impending ban on the adult porn content that made the platform what it is today. Though the company quickly reversed course after [...]
Minor league baseball player Bryan Ruby has come out as gay. The announcement makes him the only currently active pro baseball player to have done so. Ruby, who is 25 and plays for the Salem-Keizer [...]
As a professional drummer, Rikki Bates knows something about keeping time. And time, over the past year, has moved at an agonizing tempo. “You’ve got to go straight up the trail and, you know, cut [...]
Jason Porter is confident he can bring his "whole self" to work. Porter, who is gay and has worked in the financial services industry for 15 years, said that wasn't always the case. Before he [...]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a lesbian, recently announced that she would not accept any donations from the Human Rights Campaign until its president, Alphonso David, is gone from the organization. Nessel's announcement comes amidst [...]
It’s no secret that LGBTQ+ people face a range of financial challenges that heterosexual people simply don’t need to contend with. Less discussed are the effects of financial discrimination on building LGBTQ+ generational wealth. The [...]
Could our queer dreams becoming true? Might “The L Word” cast actually cross universes with the cast of the upcoming “Queer as Folk” reboot? It could and should happen. And the veteran cast from “The [...]
Actress, ally and "Halloween" Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis announced in a new interview with AARP magazine that she is the proud mother of a transgender child. In the magazine, which came out Wednesday, Curtis [...]
Revolutionary gay recording artist Lil Nas X has done it again. The musician pushes fresh, new boundaries with his provocative new video depicting him having a ball – no pun intended – while locked up [...]
The financial burden on insured patients receiving the HIV-preventative PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) has been greatly reduced due to a recently-announced Biden Administration mandate requiring health insurance companies to stop charging co-pays and deductibles related to the [...]
Model and actress Leyna Bloom will become the first trans woman to make the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue when the 2021 issue, titled “A Living Testament,” hits the stands on Thursday. In [...]
"Wimbledon puts me in a great mood." This is the first thing Lendale Johnson tells Pride Source after "hello" during a phone interview. He is watching the championship and rooting for Novak Djokovic. "People just [...]
Crossover Christian and pop music megastar Amy Grant recently made clear her thoughts on the LGBTQ+ community and Christianity. Grant shared her most pro-LGBTQ+ sentiment to date with Apple Music’s Proud Radio host Hunter Kelly. [...]
While discussing his new album,“Femuline,” Broadway performer and “Nails, Hair, Hips, Hells” singer Todrick Hall was frank about his feelings for Lil Nas X. “This might get me in trouble but I’m just gonna say [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the case of a former high school student who challenged his Virginia school district’s bathroom policy. Gavin Grimm was a sophomore at Gloucester County High School [...]
Lil Nas X capped off Pride Month with a captivating performance of his hit song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” on the BET Awards last night. In a nod to Michael Jackson’s iconic “Remember [...]
The Pride Month announcements keep coming, and this one's especially powerful and historic: Las Vegas Raiders player Carl Nassib came out today. The Raiders lineman made the announcement via Instagram, positioning him as the first [...]
Actress and onscreen alien-slayer Sigourney Weaver took a moment to praise Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order barring state funds from being used for the purpose of performing conversion therapy on minors during a recent [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of a religious-affiliated foster care agency seeking to refuse child placement into LGBTQ homes, determining the City of Philadelphia’s enforcement of a contract with non-discrimination provisions [...]
LaGanja Estranja, self-proclaimed cannabis activist and Season 6 contestant on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” has come out this Pride Month as trans. The news was first reported by Entertainment Weekly on Tuesday. Shortly after, Estranja took [...]
Go find the nearest bathroom and flush the toilet. Listen carefully. What you hear is much better than any Kid Rock song. (If you’re asking yourself, “Who is Kid Rock?” you aren’t alone. Stop reading [...]
Burger King announced this month that it was taking a stand for LGBTQ rights and against fast food competitor Chick-fil-A. Burger King, around since 1953 and based in Miami, is known for its flame-broiled Whopper. [...]
A 14-year-old middle school student from Ohio was the victim of an apparent anti-gay attack from a fellow student recently. Tristen Torrez was sitting on the bleachers outside Defiance Middle School in Defiance, Ohio, on [...]
August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021 Alix Dobkin, an indisputable legend in women’s music and longtime lesbian activist, died May 19 after suffering a brain aneurism and subsequent stroke. She was 80. Dobkin was [...]
The Lego Group has announced the June 1 release of "Everyone is Awesome," a 346-piece Lego set designed to celebrate the diversity of Lego fans and the world around them. The set includes 11 faceless [...]
Star of stage and screen, singer and red-carpet darling Billy Porter announced in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter that he is HIV-positive and has been for the last 14 years. “Having lived through the [...]
Despite having President Biden in the White House and Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress, efforts to update federal civil rights laws to strengthen the prohibition on discrimination against LGBTQ+ people by passing the [...]
Singer and actor Demi Lovato, who in March announced they were pansexual, has now come out as nonbinary in a post to Instagram. Lovato will now use the pronouns they and them. “I am proud [...]
Social media maven Chrissy Teigen is “mortified and sad” at who she used to be, according to multiple tweets she sent after being called out by Courtney Stodden for comments she made when the model [...]
The White House announced Thursday that President Joe Biden has nominated Catherine Lhamon to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. Lhamon currently serves as [...]
Lesbian icon and all-around funny lady Ellen DeGeneres has announced she is walking away from her popular daily talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," next year. Over the past 18 seasons, Ellen has done well [...]
More than 100 days into his presidency, President Biden has yet to name picks for a multitude of ambassadorial positions in a delay unusual for a presidency at this stage, raising questions about whether he’ll [...]
