The identities of the three people who helped Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos post bond in a criminal case against him will be revealed Thursday. Read on » Since taking office in January, Congressman Robert Garcia has put his queer identity front and center. After sparring with Marjorie Taylor Greene, tweeting his Drag Race faves, and celebrating RuPaul and Beyoncé on the House floor, the former Long Beach, Calif., mayor is now in full Pride mode. Read on » The first state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors has become the first one struck down in court. Read on » A Christian Reformed Church pastor who has a gay son has spoken out against the denomination’s decision to uphold its teaching against same-sex relationships and marriages. Read on » The BBC has ordered an eight-part series based on What It Feels Like For A Girl, the acclaimed memoir by trans writer and journalist Paris Lees. Read on » The city of St. George, Utah, must allow a drag troupe to hold a show in a public park this month, a federal judge ruled Friday. Read on » The legislative body in the Baltic country of Estonia voted to legalize marriage equality on Tuesday. By a vote of 55-34, the 101-seat Riigikogu amended the country’s Family Law Act and other laws to legalize marriage equality, the first of the former Soviet satellite states to do so. The amended law is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2024. Read on » Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the noted conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine activist, thinks kids (particularly boys) are being made trans from exposure to chemicals in the environment, equating them to frogs in a lab, and he claims AIDS is an environmental condition for which poppers are responsible. Really. Read on » Elton John has spoken out against "disgraceful" anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being passed in Florida and across the US. Read on » Over the course of their stellar career, Sam Smith has never stopped pushing boundaries. Not content to be anything less than their authentic self, the English singer-songwriter came out as nonbinary in September 2019. “I’ve decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out,” Smith wrote on Instagram. Read on » At least one Republican running for president has come out against bans on gender-affirming health care for minors — at least mostly. Read on » An Oklahoma man who used neo-Nazi and white supremacist propaganda language was arrested on federal charges for his role in a violent attack against a Tulsa doughnut shop because it supports the LGBTQ+ community. Read on »
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