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Gay New Jersey detective says supervisor groped him — and bosses did nothing

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A gay detective said supervisors in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office failed to act after a supervisor allegedly groped him at work. Detective Russell Kingsland of the Division of Criminal Justice is seeking $1.5 million in a lawsuit alleging he suffered years of workplace harassment, including pressure from supervisors to come out to his colleagues and family, according to NJ.com. He also accused one of those supervisors of sexually assaulting him at work. Kingsland said in his claim that the supervisor came up behind him, pressed his body against him at a Trenton justice complex, moved his hand toward Kingsland’s crotch and asked, “Are […]

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The Trump Administration’s LGBTQ Brain Drain: What You Need to Know

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Since President Donald Trump regained office in January 2025, he and his administration have waged an all-out war against the LGBTQ community.  This has led queer Americans to move to other countries at unprecedented rates—Rainbow Railroad, a Canadian nonprofit that supports LGBTQ asylum seekers, reported receiving a huge increase in inquiries from the U.S. last year. The same pattern is playing out within the government. And it’s leading to a brain drain of competent queer employees and allies who are either resigning or being fired, often because of their LGBTQ identity or their belief that queer people deserve basic human rights. Here are six […]

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Gay Republican group abandons transgender people, calling decision a return to ‘moral’ clarity

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The Log Cabin Republicans officially abandoned the transgender community, pulling the ladder of progress and support that benefited its members up behind themselves. Ross Hemminger, president of the nation’s most prominent gay Republicanorganization, announced that Log Cabin had reversed a decision from 2015 to include transgender rights in its mission statement. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. In an op-ed published by Townhall, he wrote that the board of directors had voted to instead “concentrate specifically on issues of sexual orientation and conservative values — in other words, we are an LGB […]

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Five LGBTQ+ Democrats advance after winning Florida primaries

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Florida voters delivered a series of wins for out LGBTQ+ candidates Tuesday (18 August), with five out Democrats advancing in races for the Florida House as LGBTQ+-backed candidates also made gains in school board contests across the state. The five candidates, Jane Aman, Felipe Sousa Lazaballet, Samuel Vilchez Santiago, Luis Salazar and Todd Delmay, were among the candidates endorsed by Equality Florida, whose political arm reported that 81 percent of its endorsed candidates won their races. Equality Florida Action PAC celebrated the results as a sign that voters are pushing back against the state’s increasingly conservative political landscape. “Last night, Florida voters […]

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Trump: “Hospitals Are Now Doing Reverse Transgender Surgery On My Order, Nobody Ever Heard About It”

“The Democrat who Darlene is running to defeat is a far left political hack who supports transgender for everybody and believes in telling confused children they’re trapped in the wrong body. By the way, you notice how that’s changing now? In fact, hospitals now are doing reverse surgery at my order. They’re doing reverse surgery. Nobody ever heard about it.” – Trump, last night at his South Carolina rally for Sen. Darline Graham ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election.

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Ex-Abercrombie CEO Found Competent To Stand Trial

NBC News reports: Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch who was charged with running an international sex trafficking scheme over several years while he ran the company, is mentally competent for trial, a federal judge ruled. Jeffries’ legal team had previously argued that he was unfit to stand trial due to dementia and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, prompting the court to order him to be hospitalized to evaluate his mental fitness. U.S. District Judge Nusrat Choudhury said Jeffries’ 109 phone calls made during his four-month stint at the federal medical center to be “particularly illuminating.” Choudhury pointed to a […]

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Gay congressional candidate targeted in fake HIV smear campaign

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A gay Democratic congressional candidate has been targeted in a smear campaign that falsely alerted people by text message that he can’t give blood because he is HIV positive. Shevrin Jones is currently in the running to replace Rep. Frederica Wilson, who is retiring, as representative for Florida’s 24th congressional district. Jones was Florida’s first out LGBTQ+ Black senator and, if he wins the seat, will become the state’s first out gay member of Congress. On 11 August, many voters received a text message ahead of the Democratic primary, claiming: “Shevrin Jones was denied to donate blood to Covid Survivor due to testing positive for HIV/AIDS because […]

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ICE detains a beloved Philadelphia drag queen. The community is asking for support

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Philadelphia’s drag community is rallying around drag queen Chantal Waldorf after their detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The performer’s official Instagram account, which also identifies Waldorf as Manuel, posted a message later shared by supporters announcing that the Nicaraguan immigrant had been taken into custody. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “As you know, since he arrived in this country, he has dedicated himself to being a hardworking person, who has dedicated himself to fulfilling his dreams and goals, who has integrated and contributed in a positive way […]

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Pastor Of Anti-LGBTQ Church Indicted In Hooker Sting

Amarillo’s ABC affiliate reports: A former Amarillo pastor was indicted following his arrest in a prostitution sting. A Randall County grand jury indicted David Austin Ritchie, 42, on a charge of solicitation of prostitution. Ritchie, the former senior pastor of Redeemer Christian Church, was among eight men arrested during a June undercover operation conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The church fired Ritchie after learning of his arrest. He had served as senior pastor since 2011. From our first report: An Amarillo pastor was fired following his arrest in a prostitution sting. David Ritchie, 42, is charged with solicitation of […]

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Lawsuit Alleges Moms For Liberty Conspired To Have Gay Principal Fired, Faked Claims Of Grooming

Wisconsin Public Radio reports: A former longtime Wisconsin educator in a new federal lawsuit says he was fired from his job as a principal in rural Racine County because he is gay. Jeffrey Peterson, who previously filed a discrimination complaint with the state, was put on leave in 2023 and later, the district declined to renew his contract. At the time, he was a principal in the small Raymond School District No. 14, in Racine County, southwest of Milwaukee — the same place where he attended elementary school himself. His lawsuit claims multiple school board members and their allies pushed him […]

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