Gary Carnivele

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Texas Rep Forces College To Delete LGBTQ Archive

The Dallas Observer reports: After online attacks from a conservative state lawmaker, the University of North Texas removed a webpage for its LGBTQ archive over the weekend. He’s calling it a win. Ellis County state Rep. Brian Harrison posted screenshots of the archive’s webpage, which he said pointed to “TRANSGENDER INDOCTRINATION” at UNT. In 2025, Texas State University removed an LGBTQ+ Communication Studies course from its catalog after Harrison criticized it online for “literally indoctrinating” students. Most notably, Harrison used his social media presence in 2024 to pressure Texas A&M to remove a gender studies minor. The university eventually removed the minor, […]

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For Lesbian Victims of Domestic Violence, Competent Care Is Scarce

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Claire, a 25-year-old Los Angeles resident, distinctly remembers the night she and her ex-girlfriend broke up. “She was strangling me in a CVS parking lot,” Claire recalls, adding how she was gasping for air as bystanders looked on. “I made eye contact with one man who just kept walking, and we were right behind a car that was trying to reverse out of a parking spot. No one got out of the car. They didn’t honk; they didn’t do anything.” Claire, who asked to use a pseudonym due to safety concerns regarding her ex, says she managed to fight her […]

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Equalpride board member steps down following report of MAGA support

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Jay Katari has resigned from the board of equalpride, which owns The Advocate, Out, and Them. The news comes one day after queer and transgender editors and other editorial staff at the country’s leading LGBTQ+ newsroom demanded answers about Katari’s expanded role in the company and his reported expressions of support for President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. Independent journalist Kevin Ortega-Rojas first reported on Katari’s social media history, including an image of him wearing a red MAGA hat. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. Equalpride CEO Mark Berryhill announced the departure […]

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“Slave Play” Opens September 25 at The Left Edge Theatre

What happens when the past refuses to stay in the past?At the MacGregor Plantation, the old South lives on, in the cotton fields, in the master’s house, and in the complicated relationship between fear, desire, race, gender, and power.  In SLAVE PLAY, acclaimed playwright Jeremy O. Harris rips open the history we think we know and brings it into conversation with 21st-century America. Provocative, explosive, and unflinching, this daring play challenges audiences to confront the ways race, gender, sexuality, and power continue to shape our lives.  SLAVE PLAY has been recognized with the Rosa Parks Playwriting Award, Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award, Lotos […]

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Texas Pride Event Postponed After City Denies Permit

The Fort Worth Report reports: Pride Kel-So is being rescheduled to April after Southlake City Council unanimously denied the LGBTQ+ festival’s permit last Tuesday. The festival’s original Oct. 3 date will now pivot into a block party at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church capped at 999 attendees as that will not require a city permit. Food trucks, vendors and local LGBTQ+ organizations will be on-site to fundraise for next year’s festival. Southlake Mayor Shawn McCaskill (photo) and council members Randy Robbins, Austin Reynolds, Gary Fawks, Frances Scharli, Chuck Taggart and Eric Wang did not respond to requests for comment. The city’s planning and […]

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Tickets Now Available for Positive Images Big Fundraiser Queer Magic GAYLA 2026

You are invited to Positive Images’ 2026 QUEER MAGIC GAYla: Meet Me at the Disco! Join us for a night full of dancing, laughs, celebration, and unforgettable memories to support Sonoma County’s LGBTQIA2S+ Community Center. We’ll be joined by PRXZM for a live performance, a silent auction, and so much more! This is the dance party of the year you will not want to miss!  Event Details Saturday, November 14, 2026 5:00-9:00 PM Sally Tomatoes (1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park) Please note, this event is 21 and over. ID’s will be checked at the door.  Tickets are now on […]

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Federal court rules Oregon can place trans women in men’s prisons

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A federal appellate court ruled Thursday that Oregon can house transgenderfemale inmates in men’s prisons. A panel of federal judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed a lower court ruling that ordered Oregon prison officials to place transgender women prisoners in institutions based on gender identity, counter to a February directivefrom the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. All three appellate judges who overturned U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke’s decision were appointed by President Donald Trump, and trans inmates in the appellate court ruling consistently referred […]

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For LGBTQ+ youth, vaping is becoming a dangerous coping mechanism

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It’s long been known that the bullying LGBTQ+ people face in their youth can have lifelong health ramifications, but a new study is finding this type of social rejection may have a particularly impactful effect on vaping rates. Previous research has shown that LGBTQ+ people tend to vape at disproportionately high rates compared to their straight and cisgender peers, with 22% of gay men and lesbians and 18% of bisexuals vaping, compared to 15% of straight people. But according to a new study published in the journal of Prevention Science, LGBTQ+ youth may exhibit high rates of e-cigarette and vape usage because of […]

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‘Relentless’ manhunt launched after three men stabbed outside Liverpool LGBTQ+ venue

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Police have launched a “relentless” manhunt after three men were stabbed near Liverpool city centre’s G-Bar in the early hours of 20 September. All three were taken to hospital, with two in stable condition and a third suffering minor injuries. Officers were called to Tithebarn Street shortly after 6.30 am, where the victims were found injured and are now appealing for information. Police said a suspected weapon had been recovered and would be forensically examined as enquiries continued. Detective Chief Inspector Lisa McNaughton said: “We understand the concern that such a serious incident will cause in the community. This is […]

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Trans Sports Dominate Culture Wars. But What Do Scientists Think?

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The debate over trans athletes has reached a fever pitch. Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer who tied for fifth place with a trans swimmer in 2022, has become a star in the world of conservative politics. Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White recently announced their intentions to enter the WNBA draft and “expose” the league’s lack of policy for transgender players. And less than two months out from the November midterms, trans athletes are shaping up to be an issue on voters’ minds as they head to the polls. All of this noise has created little room for thoughtful conversation. We […]

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