The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their 10th annual Pride Night this year, but 2023's festivities are going awry. The team sent out a tweet on Wednesday announcing they were "removing" the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from the event, citing unspecified offense of the drag troupe's inclusion. Read on »
PEN America, a writers’ group championing freedom of expression, and publisher Penguin Random House have sued a school district in Florida over book bans, with the targeted books largely addressing racial and LGBTQ+ issues. Read on »
The House of Representatives on Wednesday referred the question of whether Rep. George Santos should be expelled from Congress to the Ethics Committee rather than directly answering it. Read on »
The American LGBTQ+ Museum continues to evolve as the organization prepares to open at the New York Historical Society in 2026. In March, the museum announced a new addition to its team: Suhaly Bautista-Carolina will join the organization as its first director of public programs and partnerships.
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Glenn Magpantay has spent his life advocating for LGBTQ+ Asians and Pacific Islanders to have a seat at the table. Now, Magpantay himself is sitting in one of the most powerful chairs there is. The civil rights lawyer and former executive director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance was recently appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a federal agency guiding Congress and the White House on civil rights laws and policy. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Magpantay’s appointment earlier this year and he was sworn in by the Commission’s director, Mauro Morales. Taking time from his packed schedule — he’s also a professor of Asian American Studies at New York City’s Hunter College — Magpantay explained his work at the commission and what he plans to accomplish. Read on »
Strange Way of Life, the sizzling gay western starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, has premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Read on »
Conservatives in the Nebraska legislature have combined a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy with restrictions on gender-affirming care in a bill that could come to a final vote Thursday after breaking a filibuster. Read on »
An LGBTQ+ advocacy and support center in China has closed as a result of a crackdown by a government increasingly hostile to the LGBTQ+ community within its borders. Read on »
The hilarious Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens is back for its third season. And post-pandemic, the titular Nora and her cousin Edmund (Bowen Yang) are in search of something bigger than themselves. While Edmund, who's currently starring in a gay-themed Law & Order spin-off, seeks family in Iceland after DNA testing that led him to believe he has Icelandic heritage. Meanwhile, Nora has been stuck in a dead-end convenience store job where she's as aimless as ever. While in Iceland for a little change of scenery and to support Edmund, she has a mind-blowing encounter with a lesbian elf played by Orange Is the New Black's Lea DeLaria. Read on »
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday signed new laws targeting LGBTQ+ people, especially trans people. The Republican governor presented the bills as a pushback on extremism. Read on »
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