Actor Sophia Bush and soccer star Ashlyn Harris are reportedly seeing each other. Read on » It’s Halloween season, the time of year for devil’s night, tricks, treats, Frankenstein costumes, and haunted houses. There are an estimated 1,200 haunted attractions each year in the United States, according to AmericaHaunts.com, Read on » Fifty years ago, 32 people died in what was once the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community in U.S. history. On the evening of June 24, 1973, an arsonist torched the entryway into the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans, setting off a catastrophic blaze that quickly ate up the stairway leading up to the bar before consuming the establishment itself. Read on » Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, one of the state’s first two transgender legislators, took center stage at the Human Rights Campaign Equality Convention, held at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C., last Friday, a day ahead of the organization’s National Dinner. (Zephyr was also recently named to the Out100 list by our sister publication, Out.) Read on » Homophobic vandals have attacked multiple LGBTQ+ targets in eastern Washington this month, painting over a rainbow crosswalk, defacing an LGBTQ+ youth resource center with antigay slurs, destroying Halloween decorations, and ripping down a flag at the home of a local politician. Read on » In a recent disturbing incident on the Arizona State University campus, a queer instructor, David Boyles, was approached and harassed by two associates from the right-wing organization Turning Point USA. Read on » President Joe Biden, addressing attendees at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday evening, was momentarily interrupted by an audience member’s shouts. Read on » The FBI has found an alarming rise in hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community, according to its annual crime report for 2022. Read on » By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Tanushree Pandey, CNN Read on » Wisconsin legislators are advancing bills to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and restrict trans participation in school sports, even though Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has pledged to veto any such legislation. Read on »
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