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Rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) — whose 2024 campaign for governor imploded after a bombshell news report about his past racist, neo-Nazi, and sexual online comments — declared bankruptcy in a court filing on November 3, The Greensboro News & Record reported. The November 3 court filing shows that Robinson

Democrat Victoria Broderick not only won her race last week to become Tennessee’s first out queer member of Congress, but she also unseated an eight-term Republican who beat her by more than 40 points in 2024. And she did it all with less than $100,000. Related “I know it was a shock for the rest

Police in Temecula, California, are investigating a series of thefts and vandalism that saw several Pride flags stolen and a swastika spray-painted on the outside of a local LGBTQ+ inclusive church in recent weeks. “When I see a symbol like this, it’s a symbol that is a hate symbol that hits every group,” Temecula United

Canadian-American singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette came out as pansexual in last Tuesday’s installment of the Handsome podcast with lesbian comedians Tig Notaro and Fortune Feimster and bisexual nonbinary comedian Mae Martin. During the conversation, Feimster complimented Morissette’s songs about her personal experiences with heartbreak, saying, “I’m sorry for the men that hurt you, but I’m not

“When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see you or hear you.… When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked in the mirror and saw

During the Election Night victory speech of Rep-elect Anthony Constantino (R-NY), he repeatedly referred to present members of the press as “f**king a**holes,” while a young girl listened in-person near his podium. Constantino, the CEO of Sticker Mule, invested $17 million of his own money to help win his race with President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

Marshall Rawson | video screenshot Florida voters elected Republican Marshall Rawson, a man with neo-Nazi ties who has called for executing queer people, to the Florida State House of Representatives on Tuesday. He defeated his Democratic opponent, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, by 36.4 percentage points. Rawson, age 34, has condoned slavery, advocated lynching, and called for executing

Excerpted from The Trans Voice Practice Journal: Explore, Track, and Claim Your Gender-Affirming Voice by Renée Yoxon (Jessica Kingsley Publishers). Reprinted with permission. If you’re reading this book, then it’s likely that you want to create a speaking voice that brings you comfort, safety, and an innate sense of alignment with your gender. Whether you

West Hollywood’s City Council approved an ordinance this week allowing people in polyamorous relationships to register as domestic partners. While the law does not confer the same rights as marriage or state domestic partnerships, it does offer certain protections to people in multi-partner relationships, the Los Angeles Times reports. Related According to the outlet, the

MS NOW host Chris Hayes eloquently described the blue tsunami of Democratic wins in last night’s midterm elections as a “repudiation” of the Republicans’ “grossness” and “cruelty” of attacking transgender people. “I was really upset by the the grossness and the cruelty of the closing message of Republicans in Michigan about the things they said

LGBTQ+ rights were on the ballot in at least seven states last night, from enshrining marriage equality in a state constitution to banning trans inclusion in sports. As the results come in, there’s some good news to be found, but there were losses, too, particularly when it comes to trans inclusion in sports. While the

Democrat US Senate candidate Annie Andrews has defeated Republican Sen. Darline Graham, winning 50.9% of the vote compared to Graham’s 47%. The victory brings the Democratic Party one seat closer to winning slim control of the upper congressional chamber. Graham was appointed to her US Senate seat after the July 11 death of her brother,

Three authors have joined an advocacy group in a federal lawsuit challenging the Alabama Public Library Service’s anti-trans book ban. Late last week, legal nonprofit Democracy Forward filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on behalf of authors Kit Rosewater, Page Powars, and Phoenix McDonald, and Read Freely

[ad_1] “Do you know a child that is interested in gender-affirming surgery? We can help!” claims a text message anonymously sent to Missouri voters last week. “Protecting a child’s right to have this surgery is on the ballot this Tuesday,” the message adds, though the state already bans such procedures (which almost never occur to

[ad_1] The best lesbian movies of all time include Carol (2015), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Desert Hearts (1985), The Watermelon Woman (1996), Bound (1996), But I’m a Cheerleader (1999), Mulholland Drive (2001), Saving Face (2004), Pariah (2011), The Handmaiden (2016) and Rafiki (2018). For pure fun, start with D.E.B.S. or Bottoms. This

[ad_1] Last weekend, over 150 people gathered in Montreal, Canada, for the first-ever in-person Queering Wiki international conference. Hosted by Wikimedia LGBT+ and Wikimedia Canada (Wikimedia is Wikipedia’s parent company), the gathering brought together contributors, editors, activists, academics, and librarians from at least 30 countries under the theme “Knowledge Without Borders: Queer History and Queer

[ad_1] James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, faces Republican Ken Paxton on Tuesday, Nov. 3. His first race, for a Texas House seat in 2018, got a lift from Glen Maxey, the first openly gay member of the Texas Legislature. Maxey, now 74, had the Texas Democratic Party’s data team flag

[ad_1] This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. For the first time in nearly 10 years, Alice* didn’t spend her fall welcoming a new class of students. After leaving her role as a high school English teacher last spring, she spent back-to-school season tending to her newly launched