Utah Republican Mormon Politician Comes Out as Gay
A Mormon Republican county commissioner in Utah has come out as gay in a Facebook video where he chronicles a suicide attempt and other difficulties in coming to terms with his identity. “After decades of wrestling with who I really am, I’ve come to understand and accept some things about…
Netflix’s Tales of the City Trailer Is All About Queer Family
Next month Netflix will debut its revival of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, inviting viewers back to Barbary Lane and a San Francisco that’s changed quite a bit since the days of the original series. Thankfully there are still a few familiar faces alongside several new ones. According to Netflix’s…
Gay Teen Couple ‘Kicked Out of Restaurant for Hugging’
High school students Kendall Anderson and Peder Sevig claim an employee told them: “We don’t want your kind here”. A teenage couple say they we told to “get out” of a Chicago restuarant after sharing a hug. Kendall Anderson and Peder Sevig were at Big Boy Gyros with a group…
Mr. Ratburn Came Out & Got Married on The Children’s Cartoon ‘Arthur’
In yesterday’s episode, “Mr. Ratburn’s Special Someone,” the children learn that their third-grade teacher is getting married, but they don’t know to whom Arthur, the beloved 22-year-old series on PBS Kids, has just introduced its first queer character, Arthur’s teacher, Mr. Ratburn, who got married on yesterday’s season premiere. Watch…
‘Lavender Scare’ bill seeks to address midcentury purging of gay federal workers
During the “Lavender Scare” from the late 1940s through the ’60s, thousands of gay employees were fired or forced to resign from the federal workforce. Democratic lawmakers are trying to make amends for a dark period in U.S. history — when thousands of federal employees were fired or forced to…
A Generic Version of Truvada Will Be Available by 2020
Gilead Sciences has agreed to break its patent a year earlier than anticipated. Gilead Sciences—the pharmaceutical company that holds a patent on the highly effective HIV prevention drug Trvuada, or PrEP—is releasing its hold on the drug earlier than expected, meaning a generic version of Truvada will be available as early…
Landmark HIV Study Finds That Treatment Lowers Virus Spread To Near Zero
There is “effectively zero” chance of spreading the virus that causes AIDS if infected patients receive antiretroviral treatment, researchers found. A groundbreaking new HIV study has found that there is “effectively zero” chance for people receiving antiretroviral treatment to spread the virus that causes AIDS, which is still linked to…
Trump-Pence Admin Allows Medical Providers to Deny Lifesaving Care to LGBTQ People
Here’s the Trump-Pence administration’s latest attempt to undermine the rights and welfare of LGBTQ people and their families. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final version of a regulation that would allow medical providers to cite their personal beliefs in refusing to provide a broad spectrum…
LGBTQ Equality Act Advances With All Republicans Voting Against It
The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Equality Act, a wide-ranging bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, moving it to the full House, where a vote is expected to be scheduled soon. The historic 22-10 committee vote, marking the first time the measure has advanced, went…
The Valedictorian at Anti-LGBTQ+ Mormon School Comes Out in Speech
One of America’s most notoriously anti-gay universities has a gay valedictorian. Matty Easton, a political science major at Utah’s Brigham Young University, which owned by the Mormon Church, came out to his fellow graduates during his valedictorian speech at the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences’ commencement ceremony. After…
Out Rep. Brian Sims Goes Public On His PrEP Use To Fight ‘Stigma’
Out Pennsylvania Representative Brian Sims, has come out publicly about his own use of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a daily pill that has proven highly effective in preventing HIV transmission. “Starting this day off smart, proactive, and in control!” Sims wrote in the Instagram post alongside a photo of his Truvada…
US Bisexual Population at Record High Thanks to Women of Colour
More people than ever before have identified as bisexual in a major US survey, a trend which analysts have said is driven by women of colour. New data from the biannual General Social Survey (GSS) found that over 3 percent of Americans identified as bisexual in 2018, compared to about 1 percent…