Valentine’s Day is around the corner, love is in the air — and it’s “a warm floral scent designed for everyone and every occasion, with key notes of magnolia, musk, tangerine, and Bulgarian rose.” But if that wasn’t enough to interest and entice you, Miss Mariana Varela, who is Miss Argentina, and Fabiola Valentín, who is Miss Puerto Rico, have joined the campaign for Rihanna’s new Fenty perfume and are sharing their love story.
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Pauli Murray, nonbinary Black activist, lawyer, priest, and poet, will be featured on a quarter in the next round of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, making Murray the first Black queer person to appear on U.S. currency. Read on »
Cam Thomas of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets has apologized for making an antigay comment after the Nets’ win over the Chicago Bulls Thursday night, but he’s still getting a $40,000 fine. Read on »
Democratic lawmakers took the first step toward removing New York Rep. George Santos from Congress after continued revelations that he lied about his education, career, and campaign funds, among other things. Read on »
A newly released video shows an Ohio National Guard officer instigating a confrontation with a national TV news reporter during a press conference in Ohio Wednesday, which resulted in the correspondent and not the general being violently tackled and arrested by police. The Pentagon called the officer's behavior "not acceptable." Read on »
Bold Love is the new Doritos advertisement that aired in Mexico this week, featuring a lesbian couple discussing how much they love each other despite the homophobia they encounter. The two-minute ad features the couple on a nighttime drive.
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On January 2, 19-year-old Port Wentworth, Ga., cop Jacob Kersey shared his opposition to LGBTQ+ rights on social media. “God designed marriage. Marriage refers to Christ and the church. That’s why there is no such thing as homosexual marriage,” Kersey wrote on Facebook.
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Poverty among LGBTQ+ Americans decreased sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the community’s rate of poverty is still higher than that of straight cisgender people, according to a new report from the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. Read on »
A gay New York state lawmaker wants Chase Bank’s CEO to do more to assist victims robbed through their payment processing service Zelle after they visited LGBTQ+ establishments. Read on »
As Republicans continue their crusade against queer and transgender people in the U.S., one group of stakeholders is speaking out against policies that risk damaging kids. Read on »
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