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02/11/2026

"That's great, but I'm sure there's more than that," said McDermott-Mostowy.

When U.S. speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy makes his Winter Olympic debut in Milan, he'll join a record number of out LGBTQ athletes. But of the 46 out athletes, only 11 are men.

02/11/2026

"Human rights groups warn that deporting the men would almost certainly place them in immediate danger. Iran is one of a dozen countries that still execute people for same-sex relationships, according to international watchdogs, and LGBTQ+ people there face pervasive surveillance, arbitrary detention, and violence."

“They are textbook asylum cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf told The Advocate. “People from a country where who they are is criminalized and punishable by torture or death — that is literally the definition of an asylum seeker.”

02/11/2026

Trump Administration Working Hard to Rewrite History.

Yesterday, the administration made a somewhat similar move. Among the many properties that Park Service administers is the Stonewall National Monument, which pays tribute to the Stonewall Inn, and thus to the start of the modern gay rights movement. As you might imagine, there are some rainbow gay pride flags flying there. Or, at least there were. As of yesterday, they were taken down on orders from the White House.

The change reverses a decadelong tradition at the New York City monument, which commemorates a major turning point in the LGBTQ rights movement.

12/21/2025

"Armistead reflects on the gay men in Washington who are willing to kiss the hem of the wannabe king."

Armistead reflects on the gay men in Washington who are willing to kiss the hem of the wannabe king.https://armisteadmaupin.substack.com/p/holding-forth-trum...

09/05/2025

“I can’t tell you how many times I was painting a rental house, ran home, got a shower, and went out and did the Grand Ole Opry. I loved it, but I also think I was doing it out of survival, and ‘I have to make sure I’m OK in case the career is taken.’”

The country singer first became popular for her hits like “Single White Female” and “Shut Up and Drive".

09/01/2025

"The argument is so preposterous it feels unlikely that even this far-right Supreme Court, complete with three justices appointed by President Donald Trump, would struggle to pretend that the mere existence of other people’s marriages constitutes oppression of Christians.

Unfortunately, it’s not as crazy as it seems…"

Conservative justices are aching to declare that Christians are oppressed by other people's marriages

07/18/2025

The Trump administration on Thursday afternoon officially terminated the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ Youth Specialized Services program, which gave callers under age 25 the option to speak with LGBTQ-trained counselors.

The 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ youth service, which has provided q***r youths with specialized services since 2022, was officially terminated Thursday.

06/25/2025

“I’m not going to stand by and watch us be erased from our own history, from our own communities, and from the visibility that we desperately need right now.”

People are placing trans flags at the Stonewall National Monument after the Trump administration said only the Pride flag would be allowed.

06/25/2025

"Like most Republicans, MAGA g**s would fall in lockstep with Trump at nearly every turn, even when he aimed his crosshairs at the broader LGBTQ+ community. What would they have to be afraid of? They weren’t in the line of fire. They were the “normal g**s,” and they’d won."

Gay MAGA is hypermasculine and anti-woke—and it wants a break from the LGBTQ+ movement.

06/25/2025

Saturday, June 28, 2025 – Pride Santa Fe 2025.

https://hrasantafe.org/pride-2025/

https://santafe.com/santa-fe-pride/

06/17/2025

New LGBTQ+ Archive to save scrubbed federal resources. The LGBTQ+ Archive, launched by LGBT Tech last month, aims to restore lost resources about the LGBTQ community into a centralized hub.

They have tracked down approximately 1,000 documents—all available as downloadable PDFs and sorted by agency—but know that more are missing. Users can submit missing documents or requests for missing documents.

Archived resources range from the 2023 Equity Action Plans mandated under Biden to HIV resource sheets.

The LGBTQ+ Archive preserves federal and crucial information about the LGBTQ+ community in an accessible way. This site independently preserves critical LGBTQ+ health, legal rights, and safety resources originally hosted on now-defunct federal websites. Content is reproduced solely for historical an...

06/14/2025

25-years after “Ray of Light,” Madonna will finally release its companion project, featuring rare and unreleased remixes from the 1998 hit album.

Following decades of rumour and suggestion, we finally get to hear an alternative take on her '90s classic