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WATCH: Billy Eichner Wants to Give You the Gay Orgy You Deserve in NSFW ‘Bros’ Trailer

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-05-18T16:49:53-04:00May 18th, 2022|National, News|

Justice for gay sex that looks like gay sex!  Billy Eichner is on it, and in the R-rated red-band trailer for “Bros,” which debuted today and will easily be the gayest thing you’ve seen all [...]

Lady Gaga in Chicago Plus 6 Other Musically Delicious Reasons to Get Out of Dodge This Summer

By Sarah Bricker Hunt|2022-05-13T10:34:40-04:00May 13th, 2022|National, News, Travel|

The 2022 summer music scene will seem practically normal this year after a long, lonely, pandemic-induced drought. You’ll find plenty of opportunities to enjoy some live tunes close to home this year, but why not [...]

Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as First Black, Lesbian White House Press Secretary

By Brody Levesque|2022-05-10T10:27:58-04:00May 10th, 2022|National, News|

The White House announced Thursday that Karine Jean-Pierre has been promoted to be Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary. Jean-Pierre will replace current Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who will depart from the [...]

Gay Days Are Back: A Time-Honored Tradition Returns to Amusement Parks Around the Country

By Nayanika Guha|2022-05-13T07:59:58-04:00May 10th, 2022|National, News, Travel|

Dancing on our own. Listening to "Chromatica" on repeat. Watching "Drag Race." Who doesn't love those gay days? But riding on all the biggest roller coasters under a flurry of colored light with all queers [...]

300 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Proposed By GOP Members So Far in 2022

By Pride Source Staff|2022-04-26T13:50:06-04:00April 26th, 2022|National, News|

By Zachary Jarrell for Washington Blade In May 2021, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) officially announced the worst year for anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in recent history. At the time, state lawmakers had introduced over 250 bills [...]

Lesbian Tutor Mattea Roach Starts Week Off with 14 ‘Jeopardy!’ Wins

By Jason A. Michael|2022-04-25T14:21:19-04:00April 25th, 2022|National, News|

Mattea Roach, the 23-year-old Toronto-based tutor, has emerged from the shadows of trans “Jeopardy!” Champion Amy Schneider and suddenly found herself in the midst of her own incredible winning streak. Roach, who identifies as lesbian [...]

Justice Jackson, the First Black Woman to Serve on the Supreme Court, Has Been Confirmed: What Does It Mean for the LGBTQ+ Community? 

By Jon King|2022-04-08T14:27:24-04:00April 8th, 2022|Michigan, National, News|

With Thursday’s historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), many in the LGBTQ+ community are left to wonder how, and even if, it will [...]

#DoSayGay With These 6 Non-Disney Animated Films

By Jackie Jones|2022-04-04T12:25:47-04:00April 4th, 2022|National, News|

Disney’s donations to anti-LGBTQ+ candidates supporting the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida and their botched response to the bill have sparked protest and outrage among their supporters and workers. Also concerning? The company’s historical [...]

Actor Jussie Smollett Sentenced to 150 days For Lying About Hate Crime

By Brody Levesque|2022-03-11T09:09:57-05:00March 11th, 2022|National, News|

CHICAGO – Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced actor Jussie Smollett to 30 months of probation and 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he staged. Linn also [...]

Fla. Senate Approves ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

By Chris Johnson|2022-03-08T15:04:58-05:00March 8th, 2022|National, News|

The Florida Senate, rebuffing protests from students and LGBTQ activists over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, gave final approve to the legislation on Tuesday, sending the measure to the desk of the Gov. Ron Santis, [...]

Biden Renews Call to Pass LGBTQ Equality Act in State of the Union Speech

By Chris Johnson|2022-03-02T12:08:21-05:00March 2nd, 2022|National, News|

In a State of the Union address front-loaded with calls to challenge Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden on Tuesday called for assistance from Congress in enacting his domestic agenda — and renewed his [...]

Celebrating Six Olympians Who Were Loud and Proud During the 2022 Winter Olympics

By Jackie Jones|2022-03-02T10:09:51-05:00March 2nd, 2022|National, News|

A record number of out LGBTQ+ athletes took part in the recently completed 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, making headlines for their sports while staying true to themselves. The freedom to be out as an [...]

Niecy Nash and Wife Proud to Be ‘Making Herstory’ as the First Same-Sex Couple to Appear on Cover of Essence

By Jason A. Michael|2022-02-28T16:10:46-05:00February 25th, 2022|Entertainment, National, News|

Actress Niecy Nash and her singer-wife Jessica Betts will become the first same-sex couple to grace the cover of “Essence” magazine in the upcoming March/April issue. “Making H E R S T O R Y,” [...]

‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Is Engaged to Girlfriend Genevieve Davis: ‘I Couldn’t Be Happier’

By Jason A. Michael|2022-02-25T10:23:02-05:00February 25th, 2022|National, News|

Amy Schneider is still on a winning streak — but this time, the category is love! That’s right, the 40x “Jeopardy!” champion who became something of an ambassador for the trans community during her record-breaking [...]

Transformative: Considering the Long-Term Impact of Our ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Amy Schneider

By Jason A. Michael|2022-02-21T10:41:58-05:00February 21st, 2022|National, News|

You don’t have to watch “Jeopardy!” to have heard about Amy Schneider’s record-breaking, two-month, 40-game winning streak on the show. She’s been on the cover of The New York Times and The Washington Post, featured [...]

Doctors Cure Third HIV Patient with Rare Transplant Procedure

By Jason A. Michael|2022-02-16T13:46:46-05:00February 16th, 2022|National, News|

Doctors have cured a third person living with HIV — the first woman — through an umbilical cord blood transplant.  The patient, who had needed a stem cell transplant to treat her leukemia, is believed [...]

HIV Continues to Impact Black People at Greater Rates, CDC Reports

By Jason A. Michael|2022-02-14T11:54:35-05:00February 14th, 2022|National, News|

According to a new CDC report, Black Americans are still disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. The report, released just ahead of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Feb. 7, illustrates that despite overall progress in reducing HIV [...]

First Patients Receive Clinical Trial of HIV Vaccine Using Moderna’s mRNA Tech

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-31T16:27:26-05:00January 31st, 2022|National, News|

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and pharmaceutical giant Moderna jointly announced that the first doses of an experimental HIV vaccine have been administered as part of a clinical trial at George Washington University School [...]

Trans Icon Amy Schneider’s Record-Breaking Winning Streak on ‘Jeopardy!’ Ends at 40 Games. But Her Social Impact Is Forever.

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-27T17:14:25-05:00January 27th, 2022|National, News|

All good things must come to an end and so, too, did the remarkable “Jeopardy!” winning streak of Amy Schneider. After 40 wins — most of them runaways — Schneider got off to a slow [...]

Amy Schneider Can’t Lose: ‘Jeopardy’ Champ’s 39th Win Sets New Second-Place Consecutive Earnings Record

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-25T12:02:16-05:00January 25th, 2022|National, News|

With her 39th win on “Jeopardy!” Monday, Amy Schneider, a trans woman, has claimed the second place in consecutive earnings spot all to herself.  As of last Friday, Schneider was tied for second place with [...]

‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Tied For Second Place for Most Consecutive Wins, Talks Trans Visibility

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-22T10:48:04-05:00January 22nd, 2022|National, News|

Her streak continues. Dayton, Ohio native Amy Schneider, the first trans person to qualify for the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions, is now tied for second place for most consecutive wins on the popular game show. [...]

Fashion Icon André Leon Talley Dies at 73

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-19T11:49:48-05:00January 19th, 2022|National, News|

André Leon Talley, both towering in stature at 6 foot, 6 inches and a giant in the fashion world, died Tuesday at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. He was 73. The former Vogue creative [...]

New LGBTQ+ Cryptocurrency Announced, Met With Mixed Reactions

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-14T09:19:13-05:00January 14th, 2022|National, News|

Is a new cryptocurrency benefitting the LGBTQ+ community as intended, or is the initiative doomed to fail thanks to an ill-conceived name choice? “Maricoin,” the first cryptocurrency specifically targeted toward LGBTQ+ investors shares a similar [...]

At Long Last: ‘Pose’ Star Mj Rodriguez Is the First Openly Trans Actor to Win a Golden Globe

By Jackie Jones|2022-01-11T22:47:54-05:00January 10th, 2022|Entertainment, National, News|

Attention children! House of Evangelista has been properly awarded. On Sunday, Michaela Jaé "Mj" Rodriguez won a Golden Globe for best actress for her role as Blanca, an HIV-positive House of Evangelista mother and nurse, [...]

Amy Schneider Makes History as First-Ever Woman to Surpass $1 Million on ‘Jeopardy!’

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-10T13:23:00-05:00January 10th, 2022|National, News|

Oakland, California-based engineering manager Amy Schneider has racked up over $1 million in earnings as she continues her record-breaking winning streak on “Jeopardy!” On Jan. 7,  Schneider won her 28th straight game with a total [...]

Amy Schneider, 24-Time ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion, Has the Best Response to an Anti-Trans Twitter Troll

By Jason A. Michael|2022-01-04T12:27:01-05:00January 4th, 2022|National, News|

As of today, Ohio native Amy Schneider is a 24-time “Jeopardy!” champion with earnings just shy of $900,000. But the accolades she racked up while on the show have garnered Schneider much attention — and [...]

Golden Con in Chicago Will Thank You For Being a Fan, and Honor Betty White’s Life and Legacy in the Process

By D'Anne Witkowski|2022-01-03T14:50:02-05:00January 3rd, 2022|National, News|

Zack Hudson is not a "Golden Girls" fan. Nope. When it comes to the sitcom featuring four women of a certain age living together in Miami that aired from 1985 to 1992 (but we don't [...]

Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Continues to Break Records 

By Jason A. Michael|2021-12-29T16:13:36-05:00December 29th, 2021|National, News|

Oakland, California-based engineer Amy Schneider, a trans woman, continues to set records on “Jeopardy!”  As of Monday, Schneider, a 19-day champion with $745,200 in earnings, is the highest-earning woman in the show’s history. In addition, [...]

Anti-Apartheid and LGBTQ+ Rights Activist Desmond Tutu Passes at 90

By Jason A. Michael|2021-12-27T14:37:13-05:00December 27th, 2021|National, News|

Desmond Tutu, the longtime Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and a world-renowned voice for human rights, died the day after Christmas following a battle with cancer. He was 90. Tutu rose to prominence speaking [...]

National and Michigan-Based Homeless LGBTQ+ Resources

By Jason A. Michael|2021-12-22T11:57:28-05:00December 24th, 2021|Michigan, National|

Youth homelessness is a national epidemic, and it’s even more so for LGBTQ+ youth. According to the Williams Institute, 20 t0 45 percent of homeless youth served by agencies in 2020 identify as LGBTQ+. In [...]

Tom Daley, Olympic Champion, Calls Out Pro Sports Leagues For Holding Events in Anti-LGBTQ+ Countries

By Jason A. Michael|2021-12-23T13:12:26-05:00December 23rd, 2021|National, News|

British Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley has shared his dismay that professional sports leagues continue to hold events in countries that persecute LGBTQ+ people. This Christmas Day, join @TomDaley1994 at 5pm for an alternative Christmas [...]

The Grossest Alliance of the Year? Dr. Oz Calls J.K. Rowling and Her Divisive Anti-Trans Comments ‘Brave’

By Jason A. Michael|2021-12-22T11:28:40-05:00December 22nd, 2021|National, News|

Dr. Mehmet Oz, former TV show host and current candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, was taped at a private event making blatantly anti-trans remarks and standing up for anti-trans author and Harry [...]

Canada Bans Conversion Therapy Nationwide. Is Michigan Next?

By Jason A. Michael|2021-12-16T13:07:35-05:00December 16th, 2021|National, News|

Canada has officially banned the controversial practice of conversion therapy throughout the country. Already illegal in Albania, Germany and Malta, the Canadian legislation makes it illegal to “provide, promote and profit” from the practice, which [...]

Out ‘Empire’ Actor Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Faking Hate Crime

By Jason A. Michael|2021-12-10T10:52:39-05:00December 10th, 2021|National, News|

“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty by a Cook County Circuit Court jury yesterday on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct for lying to Chicago police about an alleged hate crime he [...]

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: AIDS Activist Peter Staley on His Memoir ‘Never Silent’ and Friend Dr. Fauci

By Lawrence Ferber|2021-12-01T07:53:32-05:00December 1st, 2021|National, News, World AIDS Day|

A key member of AIDS activist group ACT UP and a named plaintiff in the ongoing lawsuit against Gilead and other pharma companies for illegally extending the patent of PrEP and HIV medication tenofovir, Peter [...]

Amy Schneider Becomes the First Openly Trans Person to Qualify for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

By Jason A. Michael|2021-11-29T08:56:25-05:00November 26th, 2021|National|

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California, has become the first openly trans person to earn a spot in the "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions. Schneider, who coincidentally made her first appearance on the show [...]

HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination Shouldn’t Stop You From Living a Fulfilling Life

By Jackie Jones|2021-11-24T11:47:28-05:00November 25th, 2021|Michigan, National, News|

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 [...]

WATCH: JoJo Siwa Gets Candid About Her Public Breakup and Why She’s Still Best Friends With Her Ex-Girlfriend

By Sarah Bricker Hunt|2021-11-22T18:43:03-05:00November 16th, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

Watch These Delusional Log Cabin Republicans Praise Melania Trump as Gay Icon in Cringey Video

By Jason A. Michael|2021-11-10T09:25:03-05:00November 10th, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

Kristen Stewart: ‘I Wanted To Be Proposed To’

By Jackie Jones|2021-11-03T12:27:30-04:00November 3rd, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

Kal Penn Comes Out at 44: Here Are 7 Other Celebrities Who Came Out Later in Life

By Jason A. Michael|2021-11-02T18:16:19-04:00November 2nd, 2021|National, News|

“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, [...]

Local LGBTQ+ Advocates Applaud First U.S. Passport Issued With ‘X’ Gender Marker

By Jason A. Michael|2021-10-29T11:53:34-04:00October 29th, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

Grindr Improves User Experience By Allowing Users to Include (Tasteful) Bare-Butt Shots in Public Profiles

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-10-28T16:35:53-04:00October 28th, 2021|National, News|

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. [...]

Caitlyn Jenner Defends Dave Chappelle Instead of the Trans Community He Attacked

By Jason A. Michael|2021-10-28T08:57:56-04:00October 28th, 2021|National, News|

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 Gov. Abbott Attacks Trans Athletes in New Bill

By Jason A. Michael|2021-10-27T14:47:03-04:00October 27th, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

Dave Chappelle Says He’s Willing to Meet with Trans Netflix Employees Only on ‘His Own Terms’

By Jason A. Michael|2021-10-26T23:20:36-04:00October 26th, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

The Pet Project That Soothed COVID Isolation For Queer Animal Lovers

By Jackie Jones|2021-10-05T11:17:42-04:00October 5th, 2021|National, News, Pets|

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 [...]

‘It’s Not an Island Paradise for Everyone’: Maurice Tomlinson Is Fighting an Uphill Battle Against Homophobia in Jamaica

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-09-27T16:04:04-04:00September 27th, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

Jen Winston’s Book ‘Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much’ Aims to Spark a Bisexual Revolution

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-09-21T10:00:39-04:00September 21st, 2021|National, News|

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, [...]

Parkland Survivor Comes Out, Publicly Embraces His Queerness

By Jason A. Michael|2021-09-17T09:13:58-04:00September 17th, 2021|National, News|

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 [...]

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