Today, the Human Rights Campaign honors International Transgender Day of Visibility. Held annually on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility is a time to celebrate transgender and non-binary people around the globe and acknowledge the determination it takes to live openly and authentically. Advocates also lift up the violence and discrimination that many transgender and non-binary…
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WATCH LIL NAS X GIVE SATAN A LAP DANCE IN ‘CALL ME BY YOUR NAME’ VIDEO
Lil Nas X has been pregnant for some time, and after about nine months he’s giving birth. Welcome to the world of Montero. For quite a bit now, Lil Nas X has been teasing his new track. Originally titled “Call Me By Your Name,” he played a clip for fans while riding in his car…
DR. RACHEL LEVINE MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST TRANS OFFICIAL CONFIRMED BY SENATE
Dr. Rachel Levine has been confirmed in a bipartisan Senate vote to be assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Levine’s historic nomination has now also earned her the distinction of being the first transgender federal official to be confirmed. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined all Democrats…
DWAYNE WADE OPENS UP ABOUT JOURNEY TO ACCEPTING TRANS CHILD, ZAYA
Over the past year and a half, the Wade-Union family has served as a possibility model for accepting families. In late 2019, Dwyane Wade began opening up about his then 12-year-old child referring to them with she/her pronouns before later revealing to the world that she would be called Zaya moving forward. Not long after, Zaya had a…
RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK SERIES TWO HAS CROWNED ITS WINNER
After one of the most gripping, hilarious and drama-filled series in Drag Race HERstory, the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series two has finally been crowned. At the end of it all, it was Scottish queen Lawrence Chaney who emerged victorious at the end of Thursday night’s finale episode, following in the footsteps of series one winner The…
HOUSE PASSES EQUALITY ACT; NOW ON TO SENATE
The U.S. House of Representatives has once again passed the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ+ civil rights bill. The House had approved the bill in 2019, but it never came to a vote in the Senate, which had a Republican majority then. Supporters are hoping for a better outcome this year, as the Senate is split 50-50…
EQUALITY ACT REINTRODUCED IN U.S. HOUSE; VOTE NEXT WEEK
The Equality Act, which would ban anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination throughout the nation, was formally reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday. The act would amend existing civil rights laws, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In addition to…
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THREE NATIONAL LGBTQ ORGS HAVE BLACK LEADERS
The election of Kamala Harris as the first female, Black, South Asian vice president was a joyous and noteworthy event. Indeed, the Biden administration has already shown itself to be the antithesis of the blatant racism of the previous four years. New leadership demands new ways of operating, new ways of governing, and new ways to confront…
WATCH INAUGURAL POET AMANDA GORMAN READ ‘THE HILL WE CLIMB’
Amanda Gordan gave a stirring reading at the Wednesday inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The Los Angeles-based poet — who at age 22 is the youngest inaugural poet in history — read her poem “The Hill We Climb,” which addressed the violence that occurred at the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago. The text…
🤞🏽 HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY AMERICA 🇺🇸
IT’S A NEW DAY IN AMERICA!
