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Dominic DuPree, Gender-Nonconforming Entrepreneur, Gunned Down in Chicago

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Dominic DuPree, 25, a Black gender-nonconforming person, was shot to death October 13 in Chicago. DuPree was in a vehicle when they were shot multiple times, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. They were pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests has been made. DuPree, also known as Dominic Palace, was an entrepreneur who operated the businesses Private Protection Division LLC in Gary, Ind., and Hondo IV Lawncare & Snow Removal LLC. “Dominic’s social media is filled with Chicago sports teams and athletes, political figures, Tyler Perry movies, and their favorite TV shows,” Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents notes. DuPree was the fourth gender-nonconforming person killed in the U.S. […]

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Democrats Introduce Bills to Create National LGBTQ+ History and Culture Museum

In a move to celebrate and preserve LGBTQ+ history in America, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, a gay Democrat from Wisconsin and the chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus put forward two bills on Friday aimed at creating a National Museum of American LGBTQ+ History and Culture.  These legislative proposals come as a fitting capstone to LGBTQ+ History Month, according to a news release. One proposal entails the formation of an eight-member commission, infused with expertise in museum planning or LGBTQ+ research and culture, to investigate the feasibility of establishing such a significant institution in the nation’s capital. The commission is tasked with several key responsibilities, including […]

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How Anti-LGBTQ+ Is Newly Elected House Speaker Mike Johnson?

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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, is little-known nationally, but he’s as anti-LGBTQ+ as any of the more prominent members of his party — perhaps even more so. The Human Rights Campaign calls him “the most anti-equality speaker in U.S. history.” Johnson was elected speaker Wednesday, winning 220 votes to Democrat Hakeem Jeffries’s 209. The speaker is usually drawn from the House’s majority party, although he or she does not have to be, and sets the agenda for the House, which can do no business without a speaker. Johnson, in his fourth term representing a […]

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Spotify Removes Offensive Imagery But Keeps Transphobic Song Despite Outcry

Spotify has removed offensive imagery associated with a controversial song by Christian rapper Tyson James and his 11-year-old son Toby James, following a complaint by GLAAD.  However, the song “Still 2 Genders,” criticized for its transphobic lyrics, continues to be available on the platform. Meanwhile, no changes have been made to Apple Music’s platform. Earlier this month, The Advocatereported that the song was accessible on major music streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music, despite its derogatory lyrics towards transgender individuals, including a slur to describe them. The situation caught the attention of GLAAD, which then took up the issue with Spotify’s trust and safety team. […]

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Tennessee Hit by Federal Lawsuit Over Discriminatory HIV Sex Worker Statutes

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The state of Tennessee is being sued in the U.S. District Court in Memphis by a support group and four sex workers who say a set of 1990 laws unlawfully discriminate against people living with HIV. Tennessee law currently criminalizes prostitution as a misdemeanor, usually punishable by a small fine. Sex workers living with HIV, however, are prosecuted as aggravated prostitution, a felony, and subjected to lifetime registration as a violent sexual offender under the Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004 (TN-SORA). The plaintiffs in the case are OUTMemphis, an LGBTQ+ advocacy and support group for people […]

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Watching the Armageddon of the House GOP and Speaker Johnson

I was speaking to a friend of mine recently about the preposterous nonsense going on with House Republicans and their inability to elect a speaker. “They need to find someone who only has six months to live. They will get the sympathy vote, and they’ll have an out when that person dies,” he joked. “They already tried that, to a degree,” I answered, in a more serious tone. “Steve Scalise is being treated for blood cancer, and he didn’t get an ounce of sympathy, so he pulled out of the speaker’s race instead of making himself sicker.” (As a side […]

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Suspect in Murder of Gay Journalist Josh Kruger Arrested

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Police have arrested a young man they say shot and killed the journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Josh Kruger in his home earlier this month. Robert Davis, 19, surrendered without incident and was arrested at the home of his mother in south Philadelphia on Wednesday, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer and other sources. Police say Davis shot Kruger seven times in the chest and abdomen around 1:30 a.m. on October 2. Kruger staggered outside, where he collapsed, and died a short time later at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. Both police and Davis’s family say the two men had a prior relationship allegedly beginning when Davis was 15.  Davis’s […]

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Youth Pastor At Anti-LGBTQ “Bait And Switch” Georgia Church Charged With Molesting a Boy

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: An Acworth man who once had a leadership role at a popular Cobb County church has been arrested. Cobb Police have charged him with four counts of child molestation for his alleged encounters with a 15-year-old boy who attended the church. Cobb Police have arrested the 32-year-old former Worship in Wonders former director of operations Marcus Turner.and charged him with four counts of child molestation with a 15-year-old male church member. Nelson is the former Director of Children’s Ministry for the growing church. Former member April Nelson says she is flabbergasted by the arrest. Nelson says she […]

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Maine Massacre Suspect’s Anti-Transgender, Extremist Views Emerge Amid Pleas For Gun Control

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The suspect in a Maine mass shooting, Robert Card, seems to have held extremist right-wing views, particularly against the transgender community according to social media accounts appearing to be from him. The massacre, which began on Wednesday evening shortly before 7 p.m., has left 18 dead and 13 injured, according to a briefing from the state’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills.  An arrest warrant has now been issued, charging Card, 40, with eight counts of murder, a figure expected to rise as more victims are identified. Card has retweeted far-right figures and their transphobic views, according to news sites Newsweekand Wired.  The X profile allegedly from Card […]

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Centering Black figures this LGBTQ history month

LGBTQ History Month is commemorated annually both nationally and globally each October. It is a critical tool to honor, share, and teach Black queer history, as it’s rarely included in academic curricula, cultural organizations, or institutional priorities. There are many reasons why this continues to occur. However, as a Black queer educator who works and is an alumnus of an HBCU, it’s critical to name the erasure and invisibility of Black LGBTQ historical figures who attended and worked at our D.C. Black institutions. Washington, D.C., is considered one of the best places for LGBTQ people to live. But which people […]

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