Christopher Kane | Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S., “following an unprecedented and dangerous spike [...]
Equality Florida (EF), the state’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, has issued a travel advisory declaring the Sunshine State may no longer be a safe spot for the queer community to live or visit. The unprecedented [...]
Peter Rosenstein | Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association Donald Trump will have the distinction of going down in history as the first former president to be indicted. As I write this, [...]
Michael Lavers | Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a proclamation that recognizes the Transgender Day of Visibility, a day of awareness founded in 2009 by [...]
Queer ally Jamie Lee Curtis has announced she will refer to her Academy Award by they/them pronouns as a way of honoring her trans daughter. Curtis revealed the news to "Today" hosts Hoda Kotb and [...]
When Jaimie Kelton launched a podcast for queer families in 2018, she thought, “This would be a fun side project.” Now, 11 seasons later, she’s interviewed hundreds of queer families, published a book based on [...]
This article originally appeared in the Washington Blade. The results of a national survey conducted by Gallup polling based on aggregated polling data from 2022 telephone surveys shows U.S. adults’ identification as lesbian, gay, bisexual, [...]
COLAGE, the national organization for people with LGBTQ+ parents, recently released an updated edition of its groundbreaking guide for donor-conceived people with LGBTQ+ parents. It’s an invaluable resource for youth and young adults—but also feels [...]
Friends and family near and far are mourning the death of PR giant and Flint native Howard Bragman, who died from leukemia Saturday, Feb. 11. Bragman was 66. Bragman’s enviable client list included big names [...]
When openly trans woman Kim Petras took home a Grammy for best pop duo/group performance alongside openly non-binary queer musician Sam Smith, it was a historic moment. Few openly trans artists have even been nominated, [...]
A new FDA policy will pave the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood. Current policy requires MSM (men who have sex with men) to undergo a three-month period of abstinence before [...]
Michael Lavers | Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association A group that works with LGBTQ+ and intersex refugees and asylum seekers will participate in a State Department program that will allow American [...]
Aunt Amy is proving once again that she has no time for haters who have a problem with her and husband Vince Gill hosting her lesbian niece’s wedding on the couple’s Tennessee farm late last [...]
When my colleague Philip Rojc mused in August about numerous claims of underfunding in the nonprofit world versus the comparative lack of data about the amount of money actually being moved to those causes, Movement [...]
There was no shortage of dramatic and consequential events to consider as the top stories for the LGBTQ+ community in 2022, and most of those events threaten to spill over into 2023. As we head [...]
It’s the queer Hallmark movie we’d pay money to see. A sweet, engaged lesbian couple, dreaming of their big day, receive the gift of a lifetime when a beloved aunt steps in and offers to [...]
When President Biden signed the historic Respect For Marriage Act into law on Dec. 13, leaders from key Michigan civil rights organizations were in attendance at the White House ceremony. The bill passed the U.S. [...]
Michael Lavers | Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law. “Today’s a good day,” said Biden during a signing ceremony [...]
Brody Levesque| Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association Russian authorities have released WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner was released in exchange for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was serving a [...]
Christopher Kane | Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association The U.S. Senate voted 61-36 on Tuesday to officially pass the Respect for Marriage Act, a historic piece of legislation that is expected [...]
She did it! Amy Schneider won the 2022 "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions Monday. Schneider cinched her third win in the best of seven series beating fellow finalists Andrew Ye (with two wins) and Sam Buttrey [...]
Michael Lavers | Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association A gunman has killed at least five people at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo. The New York Times reported the Colorado Springs Police [...]
“Jeopardy!” super champ and 2022 Tournament of Champions finalist Amy Schneider testified before a committee of the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday. The committee was discussing a bill that would restrict gender-affirming medical care [...]
Christopher Kane | Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association The Respect for Marriage Act is expected to be called for a full Senate vote as early as Thursday after clearing an initial [...]
Brody Levesque| Washington Blade Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association LGBTQ Victory Fund President Annise Parker always tells prospective LGBTQ+ candidates that her best advice is to “knock on doors and tell voters what [...]
And then there was one. “Jeopardy!” super champion and all-around trans rockstar Amy Schneider has returned triumphantly to the show, battling in the franchise’s “Tournament of Champions” (TOC). Schneider (who won 40 games) was the [...]
Progressive LGBTQ+ groups celebrated the pro-equality LGBTQ+ candidates running in key midterm races across the country on Tuesday, several of whom claimed victory as Election Day stretched into the night. Becca Balint and Maura Healey [...]
“Jeopardy!” superstar and trans activist Amy Schneider is about to make her heavily anticipated return to the show in this year’s “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.” The tournament began this week, but Schneider, along with fellow [...]
Veteran film, television actor and viral sensation Leslie Jordan has died after suffering an apparent medical attack and crashing his car into a building in Hollywood Monday morning. Tributes from around the world about the [...]
By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it has declined to take up a case on video recordings from the 2010 trial against the California’s marriage ban known [...]
Dame Angela Lansbury has died. Just days shy of her 97th birthday, the legendary lady of stage, screen and television took her final bow Tuesday. The proud gay icon leaves behind a legacy of rich [...]
For years, people have debated what actually happened that night in June 1969 when the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City was raided and a new, more militant struggle for equality was born. [...]
Trevor Noah, longtime host of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” says he will leave the show after seven years, opening up an opportunity for a fresh voice to fill that influential role. In a [...]
By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade The U.S. Supreme Court, after a decision overturning Roe v. Wade that still leaves many reeling, is starting a new term with justices slated to revisit the issue of LGBTQ+ [...]
Haters are gonna, well, hate, but we're on the side of the lovers over news that the next "Scooby-Doo" movie will have Velma embracing her open lesbianism. Conservatives are predictably up in arms. After all, [...]
Trans hero and record-breaking “Jeopardy!” champ Amy Schneider just shared some big news — she’s been a married woman for almost five months! Schneider, who is the most successful woman to ever compete on the show [...]
When it comes to LGBTQ+ mental health, representation matters. In fact, it’s at the heart of why Chris Grant, aka “The Queer Therapist” (@theqtherapist on Instagram), has dedicated so much professional time fostering a strong social [...]
By Brody Levesque, Washington Blade The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a 5-4 vote declined a request from Yeshiva University in New York to block a New York County Supreme Court order that requires [...]
As school-related anti-LGBTQ legislation and policies continue to rise, what should LGBTQ+ parents know about recent moves and how to protect their families? Two experts from Family Equality shared their thoughts with me. The number [...]
Detroit native and bestselling author and academic Terrance Dean died Friday, Aug. 11 in Columbus, Ohio. He was 53. Dean grew up in Detroit and attended Central High School. In a 2008 interview with Pride [...]
By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade Transgender people have additional protections from discrimination under federal law for having a disability if they experience gender dysphoria, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in a [...]
What’s with the late-onset arm pain after getting your monkeypox vaccine? Sure, it’s not unusual that, when getting any kind of vaccination, you might experience some tenderness at the site of injection. The use of [...]
The queer community is mourning the loss of LGBTQ+ advocate and ally Olivia Newton-John. In an announcement on Facebook Monday, John Easterling, the husband of the singer and actress, relayed the news that she had [...]
A Russian court on Thursday found WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of charges that she smuggled drugs into the country. The court sentenced Griner to nine years in a Russian penal colony. Prosecutors had sought [...]
By Dr. N. Adam Brown, Washington Blade A review of academic literature published in the “Journal of Internet Medical Research” last year determined, when it comes to information about health topics, social media is not [...]
Pride Source readers won’t be surprised to learn that, after some savvy Beyhive sleuthing, it's true: Beyoncé has lovingly dedicated her new “Renaissance” release to her gay uncle who died of AIDS-related illness. Even in [...]
It wasn’t that it was hard, but when Neil Patrick Harris shot a scene for the new Netflix series “Uncoupled,” in which his character tries to snap just the right Grindr shots, it was a [...]
As the monkeypox virus spreads across Michigan, it’s important to sort fact from fiction. This guide includes helpful information about how the virus takes hold and spreads and links to evolving federal and state information [...]
By Dr. N. Adam Brown, Washington Blade What’s that saying? Those who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it? Once again, the United States is repeating mistakes made during the COVID-19 pandemic and the [...]
No matter what Republicans tell you, there’s never a bad time to get lost in a queer book. But now just happens to be a really good time to do so as parents pressure administrators [...]
