LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ Nation An app says it can tell how gay you are by looking at your DNA. Real scientists are not having it.LGBTQ Nation - Daniel Villarreal Researchers of a recently released study examining the genetic underpinnings of homosexuality say their work has been distorted and misused by an app …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Billy Porter says ‘hugely, violently homophobic’ music industry sabotaged his early careerLGBTQ Nation - Daniel Villarreal At the New Yorker Festival this week, gay actor Billy Porter said that homophobia and racism stopped his music and acting careers from taking off in …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ Nation A British journalist tried to get Hillary & Chelsea Clinton to bad-mouth trans women. Did it work?LGBTQ Nation - Daniel Villarreal Recently 71-year-old Hillary Clinton and her 39-year-old daughter Chelsea spoke with The Sunday Times about co-authoring The Book of Gutsy Women: …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ Nation Kellogg’s new ‘All Together’ cereal celebrates LGBTQ youthLGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger Kellogg’s released an LGBTQ cereal yesterday on Spirit Day that will raise money for LGBTQ advocacy. The cereal is called All Together Cereal and the …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ A school got death threats over its trans bathroom policy. So it reversed it.LGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger A school district in Georgia reversed it’s pro-transgender policy after it received death threats. In 2018, the Pickens County School District …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationKansas Brianna Hill is the second trans woman murdered in Kansas CityLGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger Brianna Hill, a black transgender woman, was found shot to death in Kansas City, Missouri. Hill, who was 30-years-old, was shot at 11:30 a.m. this …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Stop saying Harvey Milk was the first out gay person elected to public officeLGBTQ Nation - Michael Bedwell Yes, this is a picture of one of the first out gay person elected to a major political office. No, this is not a picture of Harvey Milk in drag. It is …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Cristela Solorio Ruiz is proof that you’re right where you need to beLGBTQ Nation - David Castillo Coming from Southeast Los Angeles,and being a Latina lesbian, Cristela Solorio Ruiz understands the preconceived notions people have about her and …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ A university used to electroshock gay people to turn them straight. A survivor is speaking out.LGBTQ Nation - Gwendolyn Smith In the 1960s and 1970s, Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, had a way of treating LGBTQ people: electroshock therapy. In a revealing …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Here’s how millions around the world are celebrating Spirit Day todayLGBTQ Nation - Juwan J. Holmes Today is the 10th annual Spirit Day organized by GLAAD. In 2010, high schooler Brittany McMillan was so affected by the rising number of LGBTQ youth …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ A trans man’s family showed him their support after top surgery. He was in tears.LGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger A video of a transgender man’s family showing their support for him after top surgery has gone viral. Richard Alcântara, who lives in Sao Paolo, …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ A gay man was attacked by 4 teens with hammers in public. But will they be caught?LGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger A gay man says he was brutally attacked with a hammer earlier this week by teenage boys “who tried to kill me.” Marc Power, who lives in Dublin, said …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Trump released a photo of Nancy Pelosi giving him hell & it has backfired spectacularlyLGBTQ Nation - Bil Browning I don’t see a #PelosiMeltdown, but I do see Nancy Pelosi putting a bunch of punkasses in their place: pic.twitter.com/7uBBq6sBjs Democratic leaders …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Matthew Shepard’s parents slammed the Trump administration at Department of Justice ceremonyLGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger Matthew Shepard’s parents called out the Trump administration for acting like they care about their son’s death while supporting discrimination …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Neil Gorsuch could split the Supreme Court to a narrow victory on LGBTQ rightsLGBTQ Nation - Katrina C. Rose The oral arguments in the Harris, Zarda, and Bostock cases have come and gone. In their wake? Much dread and, from some, a small amount of optimism. Now …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Reed Erickson was a trans man who bankrolled the early LGBTQ movementLGBTQ Nation - Michael Bedwell No LGBTQ History Month should pass without recognition of the unique, pivotal role in improving LGBTQ lives played by Reed Erickson. Like many other …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Over 1/3 of straight voters don’t want LGBTQ elected officials. But queer voters do.LGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger LGBTQ voters are more accepting of minority candidates, a recent study found. A Williams Institute and Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted earlier this year …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ 2 Trump officials said the US should be run as a Christian theocracyLGBTQ Nation - John Gallagher Donald Trump may be the last person you’d expect to see as the leader of a theocratic movement. After all, the religious conservatives who swoon over …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Republicans tried to recall the country’s first bi governor. They failed.LGBTQ Nation - Juwan J. Holmes Republicans and a conservative PAC in Oregon announced this Monday that they fell short of the necessary signatures to recall Gov. Kate Brown …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Chick-fil-A offered a school a free lunch. The principal rejected it to support LGBTQ teachers.LGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger A principal in Louisiana rejected a free meal from Chick-fil-A for his school, citing the company’s anti-LGBTQ donations. Teachers at Lusher High …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Beto O’Rourke is ahead of his time when it comes to anti-LGBTQ religious institutionsLGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger 2020 presidential hopeful and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) is defending his proposal to remove the tax-exempt status of anti-LGBTQ religious …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ The 4th Democratic debate ended with a question about Ellen. People are mad.LGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked a question about Ellen Degeneres at the Democratic debate last night that left viewers and participants mad. CNN and the …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ A federal judge just overturned Obamacare’s transgender protectionsLGBTQ Nation - Alex Bollinger A federal judge has struck down parts of a federal law that protects transgender patients. Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas ruled …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Steven Lopez went from California’s Central Valley to D.C. & learned to be a youth advocateLGBTQ Nation - David Castillo Steven Lopez is a Valley boy. The Central Valley of California, that is. A place that early on shaped his perception of his place in the world and …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ How to come out to a cab driver in a homophobic countryLGBTQ Nation - Michael Jensen & Brent Hartinger There’s something uniquely unsettling about taking cabs in foreign countries. Getting into a stranger’s car always puts you in a vulnerable position, …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ The ballroom scene has been a place for LGBTQ people of color to grow for decadesLGBTQ Nation - Laura Smythe The first time Jacen Bowman attended a house meeting, he had no idea what LGBTQ ballroom culture was. Going into his final year in high school, Bowman …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Uganda says it’s not reintroducing the ‘Kill the Gays’ bill, confusing everyoneLGBTQ Nation - Daniel Villarreal A Ugandan presidential spokesperson has denied that the country’s legislators are re-introducing its infamous “Kill the Gays” bill that punishes …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ You can buy official Golden Girls Halloween costumes nowLGBTQ Nation - Bil Browning While the sexy superhero costume (or lack thereof) is a Halloween costume staple in the gay community, there’s another contender in town for the …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ A gay man was beaten, dragged & robbed after refusing to perform oral sex on a strangerLGBTQ Nation - Daniel Villarreal Carlos — a gay resident of Jackson Heights, Queens, who refused to give his last name — says a stranger attacked him in the early morning hours of …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationLGBTQ+ Gay actor Billy Porter will play the fairy godmother in the upcoming ‘Cinderella’ movieLGBTQ Nation - Daniel Villarreal Billy Porter, the gay 50-year-old actor who plays Pray Tell in the FX ballroom drama Pose, has been been cast to play the fairy godmother in Sony’s …
