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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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,” [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
“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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
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