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Right-Wingers Wrestle With ‘Barbie’ Movie’s ‘Woke’ Propaganda
When my twin sister and I were in the third grade, a large, wrapped present sat under our grandma’s Christmas tree for at least a week before Christmas. My mom [...]Read more about Right-Wingers Wrestle With ‘Barbie’ Movie’s ‘Woke’ Propaganda
Ted Cruz Thinks Only People Like Him Should Be The Bosses of Marriage Equality
In another episode of “Elections Matter,” the U.S. House of Representatives, which has a Democratic majority, voted to protect the marriages of LGBTQ+ people [...]Read more about Ted Cruz Thinks Only People Like Him Should Be The Bosses of Marriage Equality
Grindr Improves User Experience By Allowing Users to Include (Tasteful) Bare-Butt Shots in Public Profiles
Today I learned that LinkedIn, the popular social networking site, is now allowing people to use bare-butt photos in their profiles. I was a little surprised [...]Read more about Grindr Improves User Experience By Allowing Users to Include (Tasteful) Bare-Butt Shots in Public Profiles
Buttigieg Starts Path to Confirmation as Transportation Secretary
Fielding questions during his confirmation hearing, Pete Buttigieg started his path Thursday toward becoming the first openly gay Cabinet member confirmed by [...]Read more about Buttigieg Starts Path to Confirmation as Transportation Secretary
Creep of the Week: Republican Party
Hello! It's 2021 and everything is fine now! Ha, ha, just kidding. The dumpster fire rages on. Some things in 2021 are delightful, like that guy who made the [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Republican Party
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Revealing, But Not What You Think
In 2008, a woman named Jenna Karvunidis sliced open a cake, revealing pink frosting within the layers. With her, the "gender reveal party" entered the popular [...]Read more about Revealing, But Not What You Think
Where Memories Collide
I grew up in Houston, Texas, a fact I neither brag about nor hold my head in shame about (well, usually; but the less said about Ted Cruz's re-election the [...]Read more about Where Memories Collide
With Democrats Winning the House, LGBT Advocates Have Great Expectations
After a disappointing election night in 2016 and two years of President Trump in the White House, Democrats came back with an important win Tuesday night and [...]Read more about With Democrats Winning the House, LGBT Advocates Have Great Expectations
Democratic Guide to Election Night 2018
For those still recovering from the shock that Republican Donald Trump won the Electoral College — and, thus, the White House — in 2016, the prospect of [...]Read more about Democratic Guide to Election Night 2018
Anti-LGBT Lawsuits Already Headed Justice Kavanaugh's Way
Precisely on cue with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-LGBT groups have filed lawsuits challenging LGBT rights that may in [...]Read more about Anti-LGBT Lawsuits Already Headed Justice Kavanaugh's Way
Gina Ortiz Jones Could be LGBTQ Face of 2018 Dem Victories
Change could come to Washington after the congressional mid-term elections in November, and the bid of Gina Ortiz Jones to represent Texas' 23rd congressional [...]Read more about Gina Ortiz Jones Could be LGBTQ Face of 2018 Dem Victories
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Cicilline: No Policies 'In Place' for Detained LGBT Immigrant Children
Editor's note: President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that stops the separation of immigrant children from their parents. The White House has [...]Read more about Cicilline: No Policies 'In Place' for Detained LGBT Immigrant Children
Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' Bill is Back — and Trump has Promised to Sign
Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' Bill is Back — and Trump has Promised to Sign Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has reintroduced legislation in the U.S. Senate seen to [...]Read more about Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' Bill is Back — and Trump has Promised to Sign
President Pence: Worse than Trump for LGBT people?
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Would a President Mike Pence be worse than Trump for LGBT people? Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key Imagine: [...]Read more about President Pence: Worse than Trump for LGBT people?
Viewpoint: The Next Four Years
BY JAY KAPLAN Jay Kaplan It has only been 10 days as I write this, but from the scrubbing of LGBT issues from the White House website to nominated cabinet [...]Read more about Viewpoint: The Next Four Years
LGBT Activists: 'Grave Concerns' About Gorsuch
BY LISA KEEN Of the three judges President Trump was said to be considering for the current vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, he chose the one who is the [...]Read more about LGBT Activists: 'Grave Concerns' About Gorsuch
Trump's First 100 Days: How Bad Could It Get?
By Lisa Keen The most pro-gay Republican presidential candidate in history will take office as President of the United States on January 20, and yet the LGBT [...]Read more about Trump's First 100 Days: How Bad Could It Get?
STUNNER: Defying polls, Trump wins election
By CHRIS JOHNSON To the shock of political observers and LGBT rights supporters who expected his defeat, Donald Trump claimed a surprise victory Nov. 8 [...]Read more about STUNNER: Defying polls, Trump wins election
Gay State Rep. Calls Out Pence
KALAMAZOO – Michigan State Rep. Jon Hoadley, D-Kalamazoo, held an electronic press conference this morning and condemned vice presidential candidate Mike [...]Read more about Gay State Rep. Calls Out Pence
Day 4: Thiel Declares 'I Am Proud to be Gay' at GOP Convention
By CHRIS JOHNSON Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key For the first [...]Read more about Day 4: Thiel Declares 'I Am Proud to be Gay' at GOP Convention
North Carolina Fight Escalates Dramatically
By Lisa Keen The controversy over North Carolina's anti-LGBT "bathroom law" escalated dramatically this week, dominating much of the national media's [...]Read more about North Carolina Fight Escalates Dramatically
Viewpoint: It's a Stacked Deck, but We've Got That Woman Card Up Our Sleeve
Life started out simple, or so it seemed. There were two boxes — female/girl and male/boy. It was all supposed to be simple from there. We would walk down [...]Read more about Viewpoint: It's a Stacked Deck, but We've Got That Woman Card Up Our Sleeve
Creep of the Week: Ted Cruz's Face
Ted Cruz is creepy. That's not only a widely held opinion, it's scientific fact. George Washington University neurology professor Dr. Richard E. Cytowic wrote [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Ted Cruz's Face
Presidential Candidates Speak Out on 'Bathroom Laws'
By Lisa Keen North Carolina's new law to bar transgender people from using public restrooms that correspond with their gender identity became a recurring theme [...]Read more about Presidential Candidates Speak Out on 'Bathroom Laws'
Recap: New York Primary
By Lisa Keen Ted Cruz suffered the consequences of deriding "New York values," John Kasich won a little support while speaking out against anti-gay laws, and [...]Read more about Recap: New York Primary
Waiter, There's a Transgender Person In My Soup!
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Michael Savage is, like any number of other right-wing talk-radio hosts, no stranger to courting controversy. He's made inflammatory [...]Read more about Waiter, There's a Transgender Person In My Soup!
Creep of the Week: One Million Moms
Alert! Alert! All One Million Moms to their battle stations! A new TV show has a gay. I repeat: a new TV show has a gay. Until President Ted Cruz makes such [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: One Million Moms
2016 Will be a Difficult Year for Trans Rights
BY BTL STAFF The LGBT community is up against heavy opposition in the upcoming presidential election year. Less than a year ago the LGBT community rejoiced in [...]Read more about 2016 Will be a Difficult Year for Trans Rights
Three Left in GOP Race, Clinton Surges
By Lisa Keen Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton had to scramble this week to correct a misstatement about Nancy Reagan's contribution to the AIDS [...]Read more about Three Left in GOP Race, Clinton Surges
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
A recent episode of "This American Life" featured a gay teenager who was totally gay for Donald Trump. This kid's parents were totally opposed to him being [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Trump Tangles With White Supremacy Support
Donald Trump has been dogged for failing to immediately reject support from the KKK. In an interview with ABC's Jake Tapper Sunday, Trump was asked about David [...]Read more about Trump Tangles With White Supremacy Support
Recap: Super Tuesday Primary
By Lisa Keen In the wake of the biggest week so far in the 2016 presidential contest, anecdotal evidence suggests that LGBT Democrats are coalescing behind [...]Read more about Recap: Super Tuesday Primary
Presidential Primary Analysis: South Carolina and Nevada
By Lisa Keen The Christianity of various Republican presidential candidates became a focus in the South Carolina primary, implicating not only marriage but [...]Read more about Presidential Primary Analysis: South Carolina and Nevada
Creep of the Week: Log Cabin Republicans
As a kid, I loved Log Cabin pancake syrup. Not only that, but I thought real maple syrup was gross. Then I grew up. And I no longer believed the dumb things I [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Log Cabin Republicans
Creep of the Week: Marco Rubio
On Feb. 8, Marco Rubio was asked a very important question by New Hampshire resident Timothy Kierstead, a man who said he'd been married for a "long [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Marco Rubio
New Hampshire Primary: The Familiar and the Bizarre
By Lisa Keen LGBT news out of the New Hampshire presidential primary this week was both familiar and bizarre. The LGBT community in New Hampshire appeared to [...]Read more about New Hampshire Primary: The Familiar and the Bizarre
Trump Promises 'Forward Motion' On Gay Issues
BY KEVIN FRANCK The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination today promised "forward motion" on gay and lesbian equality if he is elected. In [...]Read more about Trump Promises 'Forward Motion' On Gay Issues
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Todd Haynes joins a psychedelic '70s rock cult For over 25 years, queer filmmaker Todd Haynes has created meticulously detailed worlds [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Well, Iowa is over and Donald Trump emerged victorious. That is, if what he was aiming for was second place. He lost to bag of garbage Ted Cruz, so you know [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Clinton Narrowly Wins Iowa Caucus; Cruz Wins for GOP
By Lisa Keen There were some interesting LGBT moments in the days running up to Monday's Iowa caucuses: caucuses in which Human Rights Campaign-endorsed [...]Read more about Clinton Narrowly Wins Iowa Caucus; Cruz Wins for GOP
Creeps of the Week: Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz
Making sure that gays and lesbians were never afforded legally recognized marriages was the focus for the anti-gay right for so long. So many resources were [...]Read more about Creeps of the Week: Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz
Biggest LGBT Stories Of 2015
By Lisa Keen To be the "best year" ever in LGBT history, 2015 had to do better than 2013. That was the year the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the key section [...]Read more about Biggest LGBT Stories Of 2015
As Heard On Facebook
As of press time, the fifth Republican presidential debate gets ready to televise live from Las Vegas. D'Anne Witkowski's renowned "Creep of the Week" is no [...]Read more about As Heard On Facebook
Going Too Far
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Gwendolyn Ann Smith On the 27th of November, as many hit the stores looking for "black Friday" deals, a gunman walked into a Planned [...]Read more about Going Too Far
Creep of the Week: Ted Cruz
The Dred Scott decision, you guys. Have you heard of it? Because it's kind of famous. Basically this guy, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom because he didn't [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Ted Cruz
Ignore Supreme Court Ruling, Lawmaker's Resolution Tells Top Leaders
LANSING — In the shadow of the state Christmas tree, about 400 people rallied against what they say is escalating Christian persecution. Top on the list of [...]Read more about Ignore Supreme Court Ruling, Lawmaker's Resolution Tells Top Leaders
Creep of the Week: Kevin Swanson
There are those who are your run of the mill anti-LGBT folks, and then there are the foaming at the mouth, screamin' to the heavens, shoutin' at the devil [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Kevin Swanson
