LGBTQ news and entertainment
Donald Trump is reportedly “livid” over the tiny crowd size at his much-ballyhooed “Great American State Fair” events. Continue reading “Trump Livid Over Nonexistent ‘Great American State Fair’ Crowds”
Some news items for you as we march over this Hump Day:
• Media Matters: Megyn Kelly told her listeners on Sirius XM yesterday that she’s thankful “perverted” Pride Month is over. Hard to believe she was ever considered a legitimate journalist.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of LGBTQ (and adjacent) publications including the latest from DNA Magazine. Continue reading “Megyn Kelly Thankful ‘Perverted’ Pride Month Is Over + More News”
Some news stories I thought worth your time:
• Justice Department: The FBI’s office in Puerto Rico has arrested Robinson De La Cruz Hilario (above) following an investigation that uncovered repeated online threats of mass violence targeting the LGBTQ community, as well as the receipt and possession of illegal child porn.
• Facebook: So, I have no details on who created this, but the tune is catchy and the visuals funny – “Trump’s Green Swamp Pool Party Pavilion.” Continue reading “FBI Arrests Man Planning Anti-LGBTQ Terrorism In Puerto Rico + More”
On this last day of Pride Month 2026, I thought I’d assemble the full playlist of Pride Music 2026 I’ve shared throughout the month.
Hit play below for the full 16-song playlist, and thanks for taking a listen to all these terrific artists and their messages of living life outloud. Continue reading “Playlist: Pride Music 2026”
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled states can ban transgender girls and women from competing in women’s school sports, delivering a devastating defeat to trans students who had asked the justices to let them participate in public school life as themselves. Continue reading “Supreme Court: States Can Ban Transgender Girls From Women’s Sports”
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s executive order that would have undercut the concept of birthright citizenship – that any person born on American soil is automatically a citizen.
At issue was Trump’s January 20, 2025, executive order declaring the 14th Amendment did not protect children of non-citizens born in the United States. Continue reading “Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Attempt To End Birthright Citizenship”
Some news items you might have missed:
• Attitude Magazine: Red, White & Royal Wedding author Casey McQuiston says the sequel will be ‘spicier’ than the first film.
• The Advocate: A police officer in Kansas questioned whether a trans woman’s driver’s license was real during a routine traffic stop because it identified her as male. She had changed the gender marker on her license in March to comply with a new anti-trans law requiring ID to show “biological sex.” Continue reading “Spicy ‘Red, White & Royal Wedding’ + Officer Confused By Trans ID + More”
Donald Trump will have to pay the $5 million in damages that he owes writer E. Jean Carroll after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal of the verdict.
Today’s decision is a most likely the end of Trump’s legal efforts to contest the jury verdict finding that he sexually abused Ms. Carroll in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room. Continue reading “Supreme Court Allows Trump’s $5 Million Sex Abuse Verdict To Stand”
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed a Mississippi law permitting election officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on Election Day, even if they arrive up to five days later.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and all three of the court’s liberal justices. Continue reading “Supreme Court Rules Against RNC On Mail-In Ballots”
Fifty-seven years ago, in a small Greenwich Village bar, a raid by New York police unwittingly gave birth to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
That journey would include the free-wheeling 1970s, the horror of the AIDS epidemic which galvanized our community in the 1980s, the rise of openly LGBTQ politicians in Congress, governor’s offices and state legislatures, the increased visibility in the media, the repeal of Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell, and marriage equality. Continue reading “57 Years Later: Stonewall – From There To Here”