BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ADDS INJECTABLE PREP REQUIREMENT FOR INSURANCE PROVIDERS The Biden-Harris administration announced last month a new requirement for insurance providers to cover injectable PrEP in their policies without a co-payment for consumers, reports LGBTQ Nation. “With low uptake of Read more
Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus Toni Atkins on why we need Proposition 3 Proposition 3, the initiative on the November ballot to protect marriage equality in California, is very personal to me. In 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that Read more
VP NOMINEE TIM WALZ: WE’RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEMONIZE PEOPLE In a speech last month at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz affirmed his commitment to LGBTQ rights. “What this election Read more
JUDGE OVERTURNS PENTAGON’S BAN ON HIV-POSITIVE MILITARY ENLISTEES A federal judge has overturned the Pentagon’s ban on asymptomatic HIV-positive people enlisting in the military, ruling it as discriminatory, reports LGBTQ Nation. “Modern science has transformed the treatment of HIV,” U.S. Read more
KAMALA REITERATES HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, reiterated her unwavering support for LGBTQ+ rights in a speech at the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Houston last month, reports the Read more
BIDEN PARDONS LGBTQ+ SERVICE MEMBERS CONVICTED FOR SEXUAL ORIENTATION President Biden pardoned LGBTQ+ service members who were convicted of a crime under military law based on their sexual orientation last month, a move that is expected to affect thousands of Read more
“OUT FOR BIDEN-HARRIS” CAMPAIGN TO ENGAGE LGBTQ+ VOTERS President Biden’s reelection campaign launched “Out for Biden-Harris” last month, a new national initiative aimed to mobilize LGBTQ voters, reports The Hill. The launch includes a series of virtual organizing and training Read more
The Thai House of Representatives voted 400-10 to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill will go to the senate and presumably get signed by the king. SOMETIMES, IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS I have a long list of possible stories this month, Read more
“… We are becoming so overwhelmed with the anti-transgender agenda that it’s hard to keep up in a time when not only do we have to keep up, but we have to hold the line and fight back with even Read more
Apparently there’s a whole S&M subculture focussed on dominant MAGAs and mostly male submissive liberals. Alternatively, there are some MAGA men who would like to be disciplined by Democratic mistresses or masters. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS I think I’ve mentioned Read more
Gov. Newsom: “We have some of the most robust laws in the nation when it comes to protecting and supporting our LGBTQ+ community.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills last month aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+ Read more
Marc Tyler Nobleman: the man who dared to say G-A-Y during a school presentation in Georgia. Hats off to you, sir! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY? I was going to start this column with a report Read more
South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace shared a weird anecdote with her audience at a prayer breakfast. Podcaster Graham Allen’s reaction: “I’ll take ‘what is a sin’ for $500 Alex.’” ROUGH SEX AND “HIGH VALUE REWARDS” Where to begin? Perhaps we can Read more
LA LGBT Center decries SCOTUS ruling that permits anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis—a decision that comes on the last day of Pride Month that allows a private business to discriminate Read more
City of West Hollywood Selects Pickle as City’s Inaugural Drag Laureate BY ORLY LYONNE The City Council of the City of West Hollywood unanimously approved Pickle as the City’s inaugural Drag Laureate last month. Pickle was selected through an application Read more
“Again and again, this Court places the constitutional rights of Christian actors above those of secular Americans, gays and lesbians, atheists, and whomever else is left on the sidelines of justice.” DARK DAY FOR GAY RIGHTS As this issue goes to Read more
Florida: “One mother complained that the poem read by Amanda Gorman at Joe Biden’s inauguration “The Hill We Climb” lacked educational value, and contained indirect hate messages and boom, it was removed from the lower grades.” IT’S DEMORALIZING, IT’S DEPRESSING, Read more
“The Bolshoi has just cancelled a ballet tribute to Rudolf Nureyev, the dance icon who was gay. As far as I can tell, the ballet, which premiered in 2017, ‘touches on’ homosexuality, but that’s apparently enough to drop it completely.” Read more
“We used to call something ‘Orwellian’ when it evoked a hint of Big Brother. But now we are actually living in such an Orwellian world that the adjective has lost its power.” CONSERVATIVE PRESS AMPLIFIES TRANS KILLER It did not Read more
