Out politician Carlos Guillermo Smith is making a return to Florida politics. The Orlando Democrat on Friday filed to run for Florida Senate. Read on » U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi is blocking the judicial nomination of a district attorney from her state because he’s supported transgender rights and once received help from a political action committee funded by George Soros. Read on » Read on » Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has a memoir coming out this fall, and in it she’ll deal with how she gained all the knowledge that resulted in her stellar performance, plus her personal life, including her transgender identity. Read on » 1969 is etched in LGBTQ+ history as a landmark year because of Stonewall, but there’s another year that’s just as significant or maybe more so — 1973. Read on » The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force announced it is searching for seven young people in connection with the beating and stabbing of a gay man in Hell’s Kitchen late Wednesday night that was caught on video. Read on » Following the enactment of several bills barring transgender children from exercising their rights nationwide, the Biden administration is emphasizing the existence of a hotline that children can call. Read on » South Dallas has a deep sadness over the unexpected death of a nonprofit founder, community leader, and activist. Read on » Ugandan lawmakers have passed extreme legislation, that includes the death penalty for repeat offenders, requires people to report anyone suspected of being gay or lesbian to the authorities, and could send activists to jail for 20 years. President Yoweri Museveni has 30 days to sign the bill for it to become law. Read on » Brooklynne Webb has taken the social media world by storm. She has one of the largest fan followings on TikTok, with over 739 million likes and more than 10 million followers, as well as on Instagram, with almost 430,000 followers. She's an outspoken advocate who champions the celebration of body positivity. Read on » Could Florida turn showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show into a ballroom blitz of the worst kind? Read on » A day before Tennessee Republicans expelled two Black members of the state legislature who had joined protesters calling for meaningful gun reform after a mass shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, where six people, including three children, were killed, the founder of a progressive news site, The Tennessee Holler, revealed that someone had shot up his home last weekend. Read on »
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