Month: February 2023

Get ready for a week of leather pride and celebration! LA Leather Pride will be taking place from March 19 to 26, 2023, and it’s going to be a week filled with exciting events, music, and community building. Kicking off Read more

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill banning drag shows in public on Thursday, sending the measure to the Republican Governor Bill Lee’s desk, reports Quartz. The law would make Tennessee the first state to ban public drag, which could also affect Read more

Johnny Haught (left-center) and his fighters. Photo: Instagram MMA coach Johnny Haught and his fighters have a message for those who threatened the performers of a West Virginia drag brunch: bring it, reports Outsports. A drag show that was slated Read more

Several police departments around the United States are warning Jews of extremist groups planning a “Day of Hate” for Saturday, reports Forward. The NYPD Intelligence and Counterterrorism bureau said the cautionary message is being circulated due to social media posts Read more

Chris Pappas, Vann Bentley. Photo: Twitter U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, a Democrat from New Hampshire, married his partner over the weekend, reports the Advocate. Pappas announced on Twitter Monday that he’d married Vann Bentley. The two had announced their engagement back in Read more

A larger share of the youngest generation of Americans shared that they identify as part of the LGBTQ community, according to new findings released Wednesday by a well-known polling organization. reports KXAN. Gallup surveyed more than 10,000 people by phone last Read more

Anderson Comas. Photo: Instagram Chicago White Sox minor league player Anderson Comas came out as gay on social media on Sunday, encouraging others not to “listen to those stupid things that people say about us, fight for your dreams, believe Read more

Ts Madison The viral internet and TV personality Ts Madison guest judged on RuPaul’s Drag Race a handful of times on seasons 13 and 14. Once RuPaul made the announcement that season 15 would move to MTV, she also announced Maddie’s promotion Read more

A new study out of Stanford has found that while, over the last 30 years, cisgender men’s sperm counts and testosterone levels have decreased, their penises have gotten longer, reports the Advocate. Michael Eisenberg, a medical doctor and professor of Read more

Raquel Welch, a veteran actress who rose to fame in the 1960s in the films One Million Years B.C. and Fantastic Voyage, as well as playing a transgender woman in the 1970 film version of Myra Breckinridge, has died, according to a Read more

In July 2021, for the first time ever, the Census Bureau initiated a series of nationwide surveys that included questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, reports The Public Policy institute of California. The results are notable, especially for California. Our Read more

Jakub Jankto. Instagram Jakub Jankto is the latest professional soccer player to breakdown the closet door, reports Queerty. On Monday, the Czech Republic midfielder shared a video on social media announcing he’s gay and expressing his desire to live “without Read more

Pauli Murray. Photo: Carolina Digital Library and Archives, via Wikimedia Commons Pauli Murray, nonbinary Black activist, lawyer, priest, and poet, will be featured on a quarter in the next round of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, making Murray Read more

Gus Kenworthy. Instagram Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy says his cameo in the film “80 For Brady” originally included him “making out” with his on-screen boyfriend, played by “M3GAN” actor Brian Jordan Alvarez, but the scene didn’t make it into the 98-minute Read more

Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “(They Long to Be) Close to You” and the theme from the movie “Arthur,” Read more

Barry Miles In an assault outside a popular San Francisco leather bar early Sunday morning, a gay man sustained severe internal and external injuries and suffered a heart attack, reports the Advocate. As Barry Miles left the popular Folsom Street venue, Read more

Joe Hollendoner, CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center In response to Huntington Beach elected officials barring the LGBTQ flag from flying over City Council during Pride, the Los Angeles LGBT Center issued the following statement:  “The Greater Los Angeles Read more