LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news stories for you on this cloudless 100 degree day in Las Vegas:
• The Advocate: The Trump administration is considering restoring an LGBTQ youth crisis hotline nearly a year after shutting them down.
• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of LGBTQ (and adjacent) publications including the latest from Watermark Magazine remembering the 10th anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Continue reading “LGBTQ Youth Crisis Hotline + Fox News Proves Pride Is Fun + More”
The Trevor Project, recognized for its mental health and suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ youth, announced today that it received a massive donation of $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott.
The organization says the donation is “transformational.” Continue reading “MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million To The Trevor Project”
A new report from The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that provides crisis support for LGBTQ young people, found less than half of young LGBTQ Floridians (48%) feel the community they live in was accepting of their gender identity or sexual orientation. The survey, of almost 1,000 young LGBTQ Floridians about their mental health, also found more than two-thirds (69%) of respondents say they (or family members) have considered moving out of Florida because of LGBTQ-related politics and laws. Continue reading “Trevor Project: Two-Thirds Of LGBTQ Youth Want To Move Out Of Florida”
Today, GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell live in Times Square to kick off Spirit Day, its annual anti-LGBTQ bullying campaign. Continue reading “GLAAD Shows LGBTQ Youth Support With Spirit Day 2024”
Can you believe this? House Republicans are opposing a new rule that requires child welfare agencies to place LGBTQ children in homes that are “free of hostility, mistreatment, or abuse” based on the child’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression. Continue reading “House Republicans Oppose Protections For LGBTQ Foster Kids”
Some news items you might have missed: • Gay Times: Back in November, Billie Eilish gave Variety an interview wherein she shared, “I’ve never really felt like I could relate to girls very well. I love them so much. I love them as people. I’m attracted to them as people. I’m attracted to them for real.” Fans wondered if that was Eilish’s coming out moment. At an event this week she responded saying, “I kinda thought… wasn’t it obvious? I just didn’t realize people didn’t know…I am for the girls.” Continue reading “Billie Eilish On Coming Out “Wasn’t It Obvious?” + More News”
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 25% of high school students in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ. Continue reading “CDC Report: 25% Of High School Students Identify As LGBTQ”
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