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A bomb threat at a drag story hour couldn’t stop a crowd from showing up to spread love

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A Drag Queen Story Hour at the public library in Somerville, Massachusetts was canceled last weekend after someone called in a bomb threat.  While police had been prepared for anti-LGBTQ+ protesters, they didn’t anticipate a bomb threat, which reportedly came through right as the event was about to begin. As such, officials had to evacuate and sweep the building, the Boston Globe reported.  The right-wing group Super Happy Fun America — which has thrown “straight pride parades” in the past — appears to have taken credit for the protest, though not the bomb threat.  “I am thrilled to announce that the Drag Queen Story Hour […]

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HRC spends $2 million so pro-LGBTQ+ voters will stop Trump’s “reign of terror” in November

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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is going all in to get out the vote for the Harris-Walz campaign. This week, the Human Rights Campaign’s Equality Votes PAC announced the launch of a seven-figure digital ad campaign aimed at mobilizing pro-LGBTQ+ voters in four key battleground states in the remaining weeks before the November 5 election. Combined with separate campaigns aimed at getting out the vote generally and supporting Democratic Senate candidates, Equality Votes PAC is spending $2 million to safeguard LGBTQ+ rights in the upcoming election. The campaign, according to an October 9 press release from the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, will present […]

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DNC rolls out six-figure ad buy in LGBTQ publications in battleground states

For the first time, the Democratic National Committee will invest in an advertising campaign dedicated entirely to LGBTQ publications in large metropolitan areas and several key battleground states. The DNC will roll out the ad campaign, worth at least $100,000, on Friday morning in 16 publications across eight states, and it is estimated to reach more than 1 million voters in the first week. Those publications include the Washington Blade and Metro Weekly in the Washington, D.C., area; Out South Florida; Qnotes in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Las Vegas Spectrum; Georgia Voice; GoGuide Voter’s Guide in Iowa; Dallas Voice; Philadelphia […]

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UCLA’s Williams Institute Report on LGBTQ Parenting in the US

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Parents represent an important demographic and social experience within the U.S. across subpopulations, including among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ (LGBTQ) people. Yet, most research on parenting benefits and challenges, as well as demographic characteristics of parents, remains focused on cisgender heterosexual individuals. This report analyzes multiple data sources to provide a current sociodemographic portrait of LGBTQ parents in the United States. Throughout this summary and report, we use the term parent to describe adults who identify as the biological, adoptive, step, or foster parent of a child under the age of 18 who is living in the same […]

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This man allegedly pretended to be a cop to attack gay men. The court just let him go free.

A Virginia man charged with attacking men he believed to be gay while posing as a police officer has been acquitted. On September 27, a U.S. District Court jury in Washington D.C. found 50-year-old Michael Thomas Pruden not guilty on five counts of assault on federal land, one count of impersonating a federal officer, and a hate crimes sentencing designation, the Washington Blade reported. According to a federal indictment handed down in June 2022, Pruden frequented D.C.’s Meridian Hill Park – which is reportedly a well-known cruising spot for men seeking sex with other men – after nightfall on multiple occasions. Federal […]

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These 3 out Latinx legislators in border states are tackling hot-button election-year issues

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During a huge reproductive rights protest she attended as a student, Marianna Anaya looked around and had an “epiphany.” As a young person, she thought that creating legislation around such a controversial issue should be simple: If everyone working on the issue would just look at what the data and research supported, then the legislative solution should be apparent. But, she told LGBTQ Nation, “I saw that best practice wasn’t always what got passed, which really led me into this curiosity for politics.” “We didn’t necessarily have to protest policy,” she remembers thinking, “if we were the people in charge of […]

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GLAAD Finds 112% Increase in Anti-LGBTQ Incidents, Launches ALERT Desk to Combat Hate & Extremism

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The ALERT Desk tracked over 1,850 anti-LGBTQ incidents in the US between June 1, 2022 and June 1, 2024, resulting in more than 160 injuries and 20 deaths. Visit the ALERT Desk here. In 2024, LGBTQ Americans face a paradox. Our population is growing, with LGBTQ people making up 7.6% of US adults and 22.3% of Gen Z. Our stories are visible, with 27.3% of films by major distributors portraying one or more LGBTQ characters. Our right to love freely is codified nationally, with the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act in late 2022. And a supermajority of Americans continue to support LGBTQ people and our […]

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Karine Jean-Pierre promoted to Joe Biden’s innermost circle as senior presidential adviser

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been promoted to senior adviser to the president.  ABC News reported on Monday that she will maintain her current role as she adds the new title to her portfolio. Jean-Pierre, who became the first Black woman and the first out LGBTQ+ person to hold the press secretary position in 2022, now joins the president’s inner circle as one of his most trusted advisers. Jean-Pierre’s promotion reflects the confidence President Joe Biden has placed in her since the beginning of his term. Chief of Staff Jeff Zients praised her as “a trusted adviser to the president and all of us here […]

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6 Queer Names to Know for Filipino American History Month

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In 1991, the Filipino American National Historical Society proposed the first annual Filipino American History Month to commemorate the arrival of the first Filipinos on October 18, 1587. It became official when the 111th Congress introduced and passed a resolution in 2009 officially recognizing Filipino American History Month.  This Filipino-American History Month, GLAAD is shining a spotlight on the queer Filipino-Americans history makers! With activists, producers, journalists, film and television directors, and more, Filipino-Americans are everywhere making their mark upon the world. Join us on GLAAD social media to hear from current Filipino-Americans who are making this world queer, one […]

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Voting for Equality: LGBTQ-Related Proposals on the Ballot This Year

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The 2024 election is consequential for LGBTQ people and our equality. LGBTQ voters are poised again to be the decisive edge in close-contest states in the presidential race as well as the elections that will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. But it’s not just about choosing candidates. Here are issues and proposals up for a vote that will have an impact on the LGBTQ community, including in the battleground states and states that have passed legislation targeting LGBTQ people. Reproductive Health Care According to the results of a GLAAD and Pathfinder poll released earlier this […]

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