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Porsha Williams to Date Women in New RHOA Season

• Ian McKellen Cast as Toto in ‘Wicked Witches’
• Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement After 38 Years
• Liniker Makes History as Most-Awarded Trans Woman at Latin Grammys
• Jordan Wood Becomes Frontrunner in Maine’s 2nd District
• LA LGBTQ+ Landmark Silver Platter Faces Demolition
• Report: LGBTQ+ People More Likely to Face Police Mistreatment
• Elk River Man Set for Sentencing After Threats Toward Same-Sex Couple

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• Buttigieg Heads to Wisconsin for High-Stakes Campaign Showdown
• Utah’s Oldest Gay Bar, The SunTrapp, Remains Closed Amid Union Dispute
• Trump’s Push to Rename the Pentagon Could Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
• Former USAID Director Warns Foreign Aid Cuts Caused Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths
• HRC Drops Northrop Grumman and RTX as Donors
• Commonwealth Games Reject Blanket Ban on Transgender Athletes
• Rainbow Railroad Receives an LGBTQ+ Refugee Request Every 26 Minutes
• UK Provider Launches New Gender-Affirming Care Toolkit
• Support for Marriage Equality Drops Sharply, New Poll Shows

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JFK Heir Jack Schlossberg Enters NYC Congressional Race

Pope Leo XIV to Host Vatican Lunch With Trans Women

U.S. Bishops Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Catholic Hospitals

New Epstein Emails Mention Trump and Mystery Figure “Bubba”

State Department Quietly Removes Gender Marker Guidance After Ruling

MAGA Conspiracy Figures Now “Transvestigating” Charlie Kirk

Pensacola Drag Show Proceeds Despite Florida AG’s Shutdown Attempt

Boston Hotel Settles After Wrongfully Expelling Lesbian Couple

Ruby Rose Accuses Sydney Sweeney of Anti-Gay Bias After Film Fallout

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Adelita Grijalva Opens Term With LGBTQ+ Commitments and Epstein Accountability

Cork Pride Collapses Into Liquidation Following High Court Costs

Cambridge Releases Long-Hidden Archive of Queer Writer Amy Levy

Florida Advances Pride Flag Ban but Protects Confederate Symbols

BBC Investigation Shows Chemsex Deaths Not Recorded by NHS

Streamer Ludwig Raises Funds for Trevor Project After Trans Viewer’s Death

Laura Dern Reflects on Impact of Ellen’s Historic Coming-Out Episode

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1. Ricky Martin warns LGBTQ+ people are “hiding again” in America

2. Trans teen Becky Pepper-Jackson takes sports ban case to Supreme Court

3. Apple removes top gay dating apps Blued and Finka in China crackdown

4. Trans Awareness Week highlights rising violence against trans people

5. Jim Obergefell applauds Supreme Court rejection of Kim Davis appeal

6. Four killed, 13 injured after crash into Tampa LGBTQ+ bar

7. Tom Ford announces star-studded Cry to Heaven adaptation

8. Andy Cohen jokes Madonna may never come on WWHL

9. Robyn releases new single “Dopamine”

10. Drag performer protests Australian drag story time ban

11. Airyn De Niro praises father Robert De Niro’s support

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Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Marriage Equality Case — A Win for Now

Chris Smith Becomes First Openly Gay MP in 1984, Changing Politics Forever

Survey Confirms the “U-Haul Effect”: Queer Couples Move In Fast

Florida AG Tries to Ban ‘A Drag Queen Christmas’ in Latest Anti-Drag Push

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Supreme Court blocks Transgender passport rights

Nicki Minaj defends Trump praise amid LGBTQ+ backlash

LGBTQ+ voters help elect Zohran Mamdani

The Sims creator defends queer inclusion amid EA deal

U.S. cities declare sanctuary for Trans residents

Gay 49ers cheerleader Jon Reyes claps back at critics

Uganda considers criminalizing LGBTQ+ identity

Liberty Counsel accused of courting Supreme Court justices

Trans youth show strong civic engagement

GLAAD report finds 41% of LGBTQ+ TV characters won’t return

Lady Gaga and Doechii lead LGBTQ+ Grammy nominations

Kim Chi’s inclusive books win praise

Maryland reverses LGBTQ+ book ban

Marjorie Taylor Greene turns on her party

Appeals court reinstates Texas drag ban

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Democrats sweep national elections in a major rebuke of the Trump administration.

Debra Messing faces career backlash after racist and Islamophobic posts.

Podcaster Jennifer Welch roasts VP JD Vance as a “failed drag queen.”

Erica Deuso becomes Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor.

Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement from Congress.

Kyle Richards hints at fluid sexuality in new RHOBH season.

George Santos launches another profanity-laced social media rant.

Rep. Nancy Mace sparks outrage with homophobic jab at Lindsey Graham.

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Supreme Court Weighs Kim Davis Case and Possible Revisit of Obergefell v. Hodges

Jonathan Bailey Named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive — A First for an Openly Gay Man

Zohran Mamdani Runs Bold, Pro-LGBTQ+ Campaign in New York City

Democrats Score Major Wins: Sherrill in New Jersey, Spanberger in Virginia

UK Moves to Ban Violent Pornography Depicting Strangulation or Choking

Sarah McBride Reflects on Her “Darkest Day” in Congress

Pentagon Memo Formalizes Removal of Transgender Service Members

Jonathan Bennett Talks Possible Mean Girls Sequel and Keeping Aaron Straight

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Trump Administration moves to block student loan forgiveness for LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers

Over 1,000 anti-trans bills introduced nationwide in 2025

Immigration Equality continues to defend queer refugees amid policy rollbacks

Argentina’s Pride march protests rising hate under President Milei

Lufthansa sued for allegedly outing gay couple to Saudi government

California redistricting could usher in new LGBTQ+ congressional representation

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