“Freak Show,” which could be the first queer-themed movie for young adults to be set in a time that feels like Trump’s America, fell into director Trudie Styler’s lap almost by accident. Based on James St. James’s novel of the same name, “Freak Show” follows Billy Bloom (Alex Lawther), a quirky teen who describes himself as a “trans-visionary gender obliviator.

Radio host and Fox News commentator Todd Starnes, one of the most outlandish anti-queer bigots on the airwaves, zeroed in on the issue this week, bringing onto his show Elizabeth Johnston, otherwise known as “The Activist Mommy.” Johnston is an Ohio-based conservative vlogger and mother of ten children who has gained notoriety and a huge following for her campaigns against LGBTQ people, in particular attacking Target’s gender neutral rest room policy last year.

The Texas Legislature re-convened yesterday to begin a 30-day special session in the middle of summer. And make no mistake: The entire session is for the purpose of passing a draconian “bathroom” bill to restrict rest rooms that transgender people can use, stigmatizing trans people under state law and putting them in physical danger every day of their lives. After an attempt during the regular session earlier in the spring failed spectacularly, Lt.

In the article “Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik Are Part of a New Generation Embracing Gender Fluidity,” published online on July 13, Hadid and Malik swap stories about shopping in each other’s closets, with Malik quipping that he recently borrowed an Anna Sui shirt from his girlfriend as an example of his lax approach to gender norms. “This is how you can tell a paradigm shift has taken place: when a fresh way of seeing a thing seems like common sense,” the article notes.

Democrats in the House had a rare victory this week when an ugly, discriminatory amendment,backed by House Speaker Paul Ryan and pushed by Vice President Mike Pence, failed because 24 Republicans joined every single Democrat in beating it back. It was a pleasant surprise. And there’s an important takeaway. The amendment to the defense spending bill, titled “Prohibition of Department of Defense Medical Treatment Related to Gender Transition” and offered by Rep.

A bakery recently opened in Moscow, one of five owned by a Russian businessman, German Sterligov, whose four other shops are located in St. Petersburg. As Masha Gessen reported in The New Yorker last week, all five bakeries have signs in their windows that read, “No Fags Allowed.” The Russian media, Gessen notes, have “generally paid more attention to the stores’ high prices than to the signs at their entrances.

“Initially, I was inclined to ignore the hate, as I always do,” Lori told HuffPost.“That would have been the easiest thing to do. But the easiest thing to do isn’t always the right thing to do. I have a voice and I’m not just an advocate for my son, I’m an advocate for all the other children like him and their families. LGBTQ youth face this type of bullying every day without someone standing up for them. I couldn’t stay silent, I had to stand up.

Velour’s win marks the beginning of a new era for “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”This season the show moved from subscription-based Logo to a primetime Friday night slot on basic cable’s VH1. It’s a shift that puts more eyes on the art of the drag and queer experience, and who better to lead the charge than Velour, a Fulbright scholar who is well-versed in queer theory and the nuances of gender and performance.

From as far back as 2014, watching the way that anti-LGBTQ forces were organizing for the future, I was worried about how the LGBTQ community would get too caught up in the anticipated win at the Supreme Court on marriage equality that was coming down the pike in 2015. But some recent exchanges and interactions I’ve had lead me to believe that many people, queer and straight, still believe that LGBTQ rights are secure and advancing.

When did you know that you were asexual? How did you know? SW: I discovered asexuality when I was 31. In all honesty, when I came out as bisexual at 15, and when I then came out as gay at 16 or 17, I never had any real desire to want to start sticking things into people or for the experience to be inflicted upon myself.