The Anti-LGBTQ Extremists of Evangelicals for Trump
The Evangelicals for Trump coalition, launched at an event Friday night in Miami, is pretty much a who’s who of anti-LGBTQ extremists from the Christian right. The group’s members have called being gay “filthy” and “immoral,” equated homosexuality with pedophilia and alcoholism, and blamed LGBTQ people for natural disasters, according…
United Methodist Church Announces Plan to Split Over LGBT Rights
The United Methodist Church, the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States, has announced a plan to split over LGBT+ rights. At the United Methodist Church general conference in February 2019, about 53 percent of delegates to the conference voted in favour of what members call the “Traditional Plan”. The anti-LGBT…
The Queer Community Lost Two Heroes You May Not Know. You Should.
They may have changed your life & you didn't know it. If you missed getting to know Ray and Sarah, you missed getting to know two truly unique individuals.
This Couple Wants Us To Keep Talking About HIV/AIDS
When Guy Vandenberg’s partner was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, both of their lives were forever changed. Guy Vandenberg had been working as a nurse for a few years at San Francisco General Hospital’s famous ward colloquially known as “5B,” the first AIDS ward unit in the country, when he discovered his partner,…
PrEP to Be Available for Free Even If You’re Uninsured
Uninsured Americans can now apply for free PrEP drugs through the federal government. The Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday launched Ready, Set, PrEP, a national program to distribute medications used for pre-exposure prophylaxis, a strategy to prevent HIV-negative people from becoming infected with the virus. Truvada and Descovy,…
Trump Omits LGBTQ People In World AIDS Day Proclamation For Third Year In A Row
President Trump has once again omitted any recognition of LGBTQ people as among the groups primarily affected by the epidemic in his proclamation Wednesday recognizing World AIDS Day. For the third year in a row, Trump omitted any recognition of LGBTQ people even as he touted his administration’s “unprecedented initiative”…
Two Men Accidentally Propose to Each Other at The Same Time in a Heartwarming Viral Video
A video of a gay couple proposing to each other at the same time has gone viral on Twitter. The video was shared by @MemesFolder, an account that shares memes and short videos. In it, a gay couple is standing on stairs in front of a Ferris wheel, sharing a…
American Medical Association Backs Nationwide Conversion Therapy Ban
The leading medical group throws its weight behind ending the discredited practice of trying to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to support state and federal efforts to ban gay conversion therapy, throwing the weight of America’s medical establishment behind ending the…
This is How The Trump Administration Has Been Quietly Erasing LGBT Issues
Researchers have revealed that under the Trump administration LGBT+ language, data, resource pages and anti-discrimination information has been disappearing from government websites. The research was conducted by the Sunlight Foundation’s Web Integrity Project (WIP) which says its “mission is to monitor changes to government websites, holding our government accountable by revealing shifts in…
Massachusetts Becomes 16th State to Roll Out Nonbinary IDs
“Seeing the X gender marker for IDs [gives] me hope that I will be able to update my birth certificate soon.” Massachusetts has joined a growing list of states offering trans, nonbinary, and intersex residents a third gender option on driver’s licenses and ID cards. On Tuesday, the state’s Registry…
Transgender Candidates Won Big in Elections Last Night
There’s more good news coming out of Tuesday’s special election. Six openly transgender candidates won their races, including four incumbents. That means that there are now 21 total out trans elected officials nationwide. Among the most prominent is Virginia Delegate Danica Roem, the first out trans person to win and serve…
This Gay Man Who Escaped Persecution in Syria is Dedicating His Life to Helping Other LGBT Refugees
A gay man who escaped persecution in Syria and settled in Canada is now using his experience to help other LGBT+ refugees. Basel Abou Hamrah told CBC Radio that coming out in his home country, or in the refugee camp in Lebanon where he spent two years, would have been too dangerous.…