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You Got Schooled: Progress Trounces Ignorance in Oregon

Brian Shannon is the vice chair and school board director of the Newberg, Oregon district. But the title that more accurately describes Mr. Shannon: Dr. Divisive. Or better yet:...

Bigot Threatens Local Official with a Rock and Gets Zero Punishment

Quick time-check: what year is it? Because a nutbag zealot just threatened to stone a Gay, Black man at a public hearing in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Here’s the kicker: no arrest...

What’s in a Name? Trans Woman Celebrates Transition with Church Ceremony

Heteros think they own God. Like she’s perched up in heaven as the ultimate Karen, looking down at queer people and threatening to call the manager… before realizing that...

Prince Johnny Excavates the Absurdity of Sex

On a basic level, intercourse is weird. Two people (or more, if it’s a party) decide to mash their nether regions together until everyone is sticky, sweaty and ashamed (if...

Exhibit Gay: Welcome to the American LGBTQ+ Museum

Look back in anger. That’s how many of us in the queer community regard the past. We have been marginalized, institutionalized and even exterminated in certain eras and regimes...

Transgender Teen Escapes Abuse, Discovers Multi-Million Dollar Art Career

It’s no coincidence that the word paint begins with pain. Expression is laborious; we contort our muscles, skin and appendages to externalize the turbulence roiling in our...

Gavin Creel’s Broadway Appeal

On the eve of his 45th birthday, Gavin Creel has reached an enviable place among Broadway luminaries with a string of leading roles on both sides of the Pond in musicals as...

Well Hungary: Protesters Rally Against Homophobic New Law

We say it so often that it threatens to become a cliché: representation matters. Although the two-word anthem is bracingly important, we must really savor its implications. To...

Salute the Rainbow Flag: Gay Candidate Shakes Up Brazilian Presidential Race

Gays fix everything. If your house is a mess, we spruce it. If your hair is a mess, we zhuzh it. If your neighborhood is a mess, we improve it. Brazil is one of the biggest...

MJ Rodriguez – star of POSE – earned a place in television history with Emmy Award nomination

Pose star Michaela Jae “MJ” Rodriguez has earned her first Emmy Award nomination, making history as the first transgender actor to earn a nomination in a leading role...

Always Bet on Progress: Nevada Crowns the First Transgender Miss USA Contestant

The concept of role models seems quaint. Celebrities often fall short of our expectations, athletes succumb to human foibles, and our recent political leaders are festering...

TikTok star raises big tip for gay server after being left nothing but pamphlets by “religious” diners

When we break bread, we also build bonds. The pandemic deprived us of the opportunity to gather for brunch, dinner, brunch, lunch, brunch, and other gay meals like brunch....