LGBTQ news and entertainment
UPDATE: The measure passed on March 18, 2025, by a vote of 136-27.
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Hungary’s governing coalition intensified its assault on the nation’s LGBTQ community today by presenting a bill to parliament aimed at banning Budapest Pride events and permitting authorities to utilize facial recognition technology to identify participants. Continue reading “Hungary Looks To Ban Pride Events, Allow Facial Recognition To Identify Participants”
Reports from independent Russian media indicate that Russia has been working for over a year to compile an electronic database of LGBTQ+ Russian citizens. Continue reading “Report: Kremlin Compiling Database Of LGBTQ Citizens”
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case filed by parents of school children who want to opt their kids out of any instruction on that includes books with LGBTQ characters. Continue reading “Supreme Court To Hear Case On Schools Using LGBTQ Books”
Some news items you might have missed: • Tampa Bay Times: Dylan Brewer, who performed several burnouts in a pickup truck in order to vandalize a Pride crosswalk, has been sentenced to probation, community service, and is required to pay $5K to repair the damage. Note – a crowdfunding “defense fund” raised over $36K for him. Continue reading “Anti-Gay Vandal Gets Sweetheart Deal + More News”
A federal judge ordered the city of Prattville, Alabama, to allow a local LGBTQ Pride group to participate in the town’s annual Christmas parade on Friday just hours before the event after Prattville’s mayor and town council had banned Prattville Pride from taking part in the parade a day before. Continue reading “Judge Overrules Alabama Town, Allows LGBTQ Pride Group In Christmas Parade”
Russian police raided at least three gay nightclubs last night “as part of measures to combat LGBT propaganda,” according to the state TASS news agency. Continue reading “Russian Police Raid Gay Nightclubs To ‘Combat LGBT Propaganda’”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: More than 50 people in Moscow were detained on Saturday as heavily armed and masked police raided two nightclubs (Central Station, Three Monkey Bar) that catered to LGBTQ+ clientele. • The Guardian: An age-gap gay couple (33 and 77) share why their relationship works for them.
I’m 33 and my husband is 77 – this is why I only sleep with older men https://t.co/eTAD399Mi9
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 19, 2024
• Metro Weekly: Donald Trump has attacked VP Kamala Harris for supporting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates. But Harris points out the Trump administration followed the same law – which calls for transgender inmates to receive medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria. • CNN: Journalist Olivia Nuzzi has “parted ways” with New York Magazine after it was revealed the Washington correspondent had a previously undisclosed personal relationship with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who she’d been covering.
Political reporter Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York magazine after undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://t.co/E6T6AdeiVT
— CNN (@CNN) October 21, 2024
• Dallas Morning News: The largest newspaper in Texas has endorsed Democrat Rep. Colin Allred over Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the upcoming senate race. • Instagram: Cher was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and kicked it off by performing her 1999 blockbuster hit “Believe” with Dua Lipa and The Roots.
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Some news items I thought worth your time: • ABC News: Ryan Wesley Routh, who authorities say planned to kill Donald Trump while playing golf in mid-September, pleaded not guilty on Monday to attempting to assassinate the former president. Continue reading “Golf Course Gunman Pleads Not Guilty + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • CBS News: Anthony Nicodemo (above), a gay teacher and basketball coach in Westchester County, New York, responds to the current LGBTQ backlash in schools. Continue reading “Gay Coach Responds To LGBTQ Backlash In Schools + More”
Namibia’s High Court has struck down the southern African country’s colonial-era laws that criminalized sexual acts between men. Continue reading “Namibia’s High Court Strikes Down Laws Criminalizing Being Gay”