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LGBTQ+ students reported violent assaults. Records show that schools rarely did anything.

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When Anna Kilbride told a classmate she would not have sex with him because she is a lesbian, he responded that he would “fix” her by breaking into her home and raping her. Growing up as a disabled, openly queer teenager in a conservative Phoenix suburb, Kilbride was no stranger to bullying or sexual harassment. She said she was frequently teased at school and called slurs, including by the boy who threatened to rape her. Another boy groped her in middle school. “The Sunday school staff had the audacity to blame it on what I was wearing,” Kilbride told LOOKOUT. “I […]

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Fox Attacks Dem Nominee For Adults-Only Drag Show

As the Trump administration’s efforts have choked off federal funding for LGBTQ groups, Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta and Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, is sponsoring an upcoming Halloween event open to children that will include drag shows. “From 5-8, the little monsters roam free trick-or-treating through spooky trails and glowing Halloween worlds, and when night falls, the hallo queen show explodes with music, costumes and pure Halloween spectacle,” ColGay Pride, an LGBTQ+ group based in Columbus, Georgia, said in a video. Notably, the group’s programming states that the “adults-only” portion of the night, which includes the drag shows, […]

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Ban On Drag Shows

NBC News reports: A federal judge in Texas struck down a 2023 state law Tuesday that sought to restrict drag shows, ruling it was unconstitutional.  U.S. District Judge David Hittner, a Reagan appointee, said the measure, known as Texas Senate Bill 12, improperly restricted speech, violating the First Amendment of the Constitution. The ruling prevents state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for the Senate, from enforcing the law and denies his motion for a new trial. In the ruling, Hittner also had advice for “those who find such activities as described in this case offensive.” “The solution is relatively […]

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Kalshi Hits Santos With Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban

The Wall Street Journal reports: Kalshi said on Monday that it would ban former Republican Rep. George Santos from using its platform for life after a federal regulator alleged that the ex-congressman made more than $17,000 by placing bets on his attendance at President Trump’s State of the Union address. In addition to the ban, Kalshi said its compliance department had imposed a penalty of $71,356, according to a filing on its website. It marks the first time the company has issued a lifetime ban, according to a Kalshi spokeswoman. The former New York lawmaker, who was expelled from Congress in 2023, […]

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Record number of US adult population are LGBTQ+, census data suggests

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There are an estimated 26.5million LGBTQ+ adults in the US (Image: Getty Images) LGBTQ+ people now make up 12% of the adult population in the US, according to a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation analysis of US Census Bureau data, estimating roughly 26.5million people nationwide. The analysis drew on more than 2.4million entries from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, collected between 2021 and 2024. HRC president Kelley Robinson said in a statement, as per Them: “LGBTQ+ Americans are everywhere,” adding: “There are 25million of us across the country, and we now have critical mass in almost every state in the nation. We’re not […]

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Former CIA officers warn Trump’s administration is reviving the Lavender Scare, endangering national security

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Three former CIA officers are warning that President Donald Trump’s campaign against diversity initiatives and transgender federal employees threatens to recreate one of the darkest periods in the history of the nation’s intelligence agencies. In a historical account published Thursday by Lawfare, Trace Ballard, Julia Curlee, and Todd Johannessen trace the CIA’s transformation from an agency that hunted and expelled gay employees to one that openly recruited LGBTQ+officers and then began dismantling that infrastructure after Trump returned to office. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The authors bring roughly eight decades […]

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A feminist lesbian retreat opened in 1993 Mississippi. Its enemies became friends.

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A dead dog draped over their mailbox. A tampon shot through with a bullet. Gunshots in the night, and shouts of “Damn queers!” from passing cars. Those were some of the greetings Wanda and Brenda Henson earned when they opened Camp Sister Spirit in Jones County, Mississippi, in 1993. The “married” pair had moved from Gulfport, about a hundred miles south, after years helping women victims of domestic abuse and racism find resources. Their camp, 120 acres on the site of a former pig farm, would be a retreat with the ambitious mission “to eradicate hatred and differences through education and interaction […]

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179 lawmakers tell SCOTUS not to let taxpayer money-accepting religious preschools reject LGBTQ+ families

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The Congressional Equality Caucus said Monday that 179 members of Congress, including 13 senators, had signed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve Colorado’s power to prevent publicly funded preschools from denying admission to children because they or their parents are LGBTQ+. The brief in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy is led by U.S. Rep. Mark Takano of California, the caucus chair, with Democratic Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsinand Jeff Merkley of Oregon. Its signers include Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, Nancy Pelosi, and every Equality Caucus co-chair. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “In […]

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LGBTQ Americans Enshrined in Presidential History

As the U.S. marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence this year, LGBTQ history is being fully embraced in presidential history. Advancements in LGBTQ equality and the contributions of LGBTQ Americans are incorporated into the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, and were celebrated at the Center’s grand opening on Juneteenth. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama included the progress made for LGBTQ people during his two terms as president in their remarks at the ceremony. Mrs. Obama paid tribute to her husband’s achievements including “rescuing the economy, ending a war, ordering the bin Laden raid, […]

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South Florida husbands among Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

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A married gay couple from South Florida were among seven people killed Wednesday when a helicopter carrying tourists crashed in northern Kenya. Adam Hlavaty, 42, and Henry Parra, 55, lived in Coral Gables and married in 2017 at the city’s historic Biltmore Hotel. Friends remembered them as generous community members who built a life around family, travel, and service. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “They were a loving couple who cherished their time together, especially traveling, making memories, and enjoying life with their family and […]

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