LGBTQ news and entertainment
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”
Some news items for you…
• Hollywood Raw: In a recent podcast interview, Clay Aiken recalls being inadvertently outed in 2006 by Rosie O’Donnell and why he calls that week the “most catastrophic” of his life.
• LGBTQ Nation: A new report shows queer consumers overwhelmingly support inclusive companies. Consistency & brand authenticity is key. Continue reading “Clay Aiken On Being Outed By Rosie O’Donnell + More News”
New York City local TV station PIX11 aired this terrific half-hour news special last night celebrating Pride Month in NYC. Continue reading “What To Watch: PIX11 Celebrating Pride In NYC”
Some news items for you
• Outsports: It was five years ago this month that Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay. Sadly, no NFL player has followed him since. Still, Nassib calls it “the best decision I ever made.”
• IFC Center: A new 4K restoration of the late Lino Brocka’s 1988 sexy Macho Dancer is coming to theaters July 10. Continue reading “NFL’s First Out Active Player + DataLounge Logs Off + More”