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Lauren Boebert denies ethics complaint alleging ‘lesbian’ relationships with staffers

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Rep. Lauren Boebert has denied an ethics complaint alleging she had sexual relationships with three staffers, including two women, and arranged a $200,000 payment connected to the claims. The complaint was filed with the House Committee on Ethics on 17 September. A spokesperson for the Colorado congresswoman, 39, said: “Congresswoman Lauren Boebert rejects these allegations as utterly false and there is no truth to them whatsoever. This is nothing more than a politically motivated stunt designed to manipulate the ethics process, create headlines, smear her, and generate clickbait.” The complaint alleges Boebert had relationships with three House employees under her […]

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LGBTQ+ families face a harder school year — but they are not powerless

It’s back-to-school time, and for LGBTQ+ parents and their children — who remain on the front lines of the fight over whose families belong in the classroom — there are reasons for concern going into the new year, as well as reasons for hope. Two recent Supreme Court decisions have shaped a new reality for LGBTQ+ families in the classroom. The first, Mahmoud v. Taylor, challenged elementary school lessons that featured LGBTQ+ characters in storybooks. In this case, the Court gave some parents new grounds to seek exemptions from instruction that conflicts with their religious beliefs, and school boards, administrators, and teachers now must […]

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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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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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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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‘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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US ambassador removes gay artist’s “lesbian picnic” painting from embassy for being “very woke”

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Officials with the U.S. State Department have removed a painting by out artist Kehinde Wiley from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, which they have variously described as “very woke” and as depicting a lesbian picnic. The painting, Young Artists After Siamesas 1960, was commissioned by the U.S. government under former President Barack Obama in 2013 and has hung in the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo since 2015. In an August 21 interview with former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer, Erin Scavino, the director of the State Department’s Art in Embassies program, said that Leah Campos, the US ambassador to the Dominican […]

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Evil Homo: Grenell Ordered Purge Of Kennedy Center’s Artworks From Foreign Nations, Wanted Art Chosen By MAGA

The New York Times reports: A storm brought down a five-foot piece of ceiling plaster at the Kennedy Center this month and its leadership sprang into action. One thing they did not do was repair the damage. Instead staff members left the mess on the carpet for nearly two weeks, posting photos on social media with commentary like “the place is falling apart and @realDonaldTrump wants to fix it.” They measured plaster shards and mapped the “debris field” like investigators after a plane crash. Mr. Trump claimed online that a security guard had narrowly avoided “certain death.” Internal emails and documents obtained […]

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