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Israel9 hours ago

Queer American in Israel discusses Iran war’s impact

Max Polonsky lives in Jaffa

Celebrity News1 day ago

Housewives take Capitol Hill by storm

Federal Government1 day ago

Protesters say SAVE Act targets voters, transgender youth

District of Columbia2 days ago

Gay candidate running for D.C. congressional delegate seat

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Africa2 years ago

Uganda tightens grip on LGBTQ rights groups

Yoweri Museveni on July 16 dissolved country's National Bureau of NGOs

Opinions8 years ago

In defense of trans service members

Advice8 years ago

LGBT ADVICE: Boyfriend doesn’t want to co-habitate after two years

homepage news8 years ago

Krishanti Vignarajah highlights support of LGBT rights

Sports8 years ago

Air Force vet, seminary grad enjoy Rogue Darts

Movies8 years ago

New Talley doc celebrates black gay fashion icon

homepage news8 years ago

Trump’s latest pardon Dinesh D’Souza has anti-LGBT, racist history

PHOTOS: Awesome Con

The White House4 days ago

Kennedy Center leadership changes as Trump ally Grenell departs

Russia4 days ago

Russian neocolonial politics promote anti-LGBTQ imperialistic values

District of Columbia3 days ago

Man charged with carjacking, kidnapping after having sex in D.C. park pleads guilty

Opinions4 days ago

Protecting D.C.’s promise: why Kenyan McDuffie deserves our support

Arts & Entertainment4 days ago

The very few queer highlights of the Oscars

District of Columbia3 days ago

D.C. journalist, video producer Sean Bartel dies at 48

Politics

Congress1 month ago

Top Democrats re-introduce trans bill of rights

Lawmakers spoke outside US Capitol on Wednesday

2026 Midterm Elections1 month ago

LGBTQ Victory Fund looks beyond Washington for change in 2026

Congress1 month ago

New Equality Caucus vice chair endorses Equality Act, federal trans bill of rights

Congress2 months ago

McBride, other US lawmakers travel to Denmark

Congress2 months ago

Van Hollen speaks at ‘ICE Out for Good’ protest in D.C.

Congress3 months ago

Advocates say MTG bill threatens trans youth, families, and doctors

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District of Columbia3 days ago

Man charged with carjacking, kidnapping after having sex in D.C. park pleads guilty

District of Columbia3 days ago

D.C. journalist, video producer Sean Bartel dies at 48

Cameroon1 week ago

Gay Cameroonian immigrant will be freed from ICE detention — for now

District of Columbia1 week ago

Bowser appoints first nonbinary person to Cabinet-level position

District of Columbia1 week ago

Capital Stonewall Democrats set to celebrate 50th anniversary

Maryland1 week ago

Md. Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus outlines 2026 priorities

World

State Department3 days ago

Report: US to withhold HIV aid to Zambia unless mineral access expanded

New York Times obtained Secretary of State Marco Rubio memo

Botswana3 days ago

The rule of law, not the rule of religion

Russia4 days ago

Russian neocolonial politics promote anti-LGBTQ imperialistic values

Federal Government7 days ago

Gay Venezuelan man ‘forcibly disappeared’ to El Salvador files claim against White House

Ecuador1 week ago

Adolescentes trans en Ecuador podrán cambiar datos en su cédula, pero con condicionamientos

Bulgaria1 week ago

Top EU court issues landmark transgender rights ruling

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National News

Idaho2 days ago

Idaho advances bill to restrict bathroom access for transgender residents

HB 752 passed in state House of Representatives on Monday

National3 days ago

‘They took him!’ Gay married couple torn apart by ICE

The White House4 days ago

Kennedy Center leadership changes as Trump ally Grenell departs

Federal Government7 days ago

Gay Venezuelan man ‘forcibly disappeared’ to El Salvador files claim against White House

The White House1 week ago

Trump proclamation targets trans rights as State Dept. shifts visa policy

Florida1 week ago

Fla. House passes ‘Anti-Diversity’ bill

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Arts & Entertainment

Movies1 day ago

‘It’s Dorothy’ traces lasting influence of a cultural icon

Thoughtful and scholarly with a celebratory tribute to the character

Arts & Entertainment4 days ago

The very few queer highlights of the Oscars

Photos5 days ago

PHOTOS: Awesome Con

Theater5 days ago

A season of renewal for D.C. theater

Galleries6 days ago

BMA celebrates enduring influence of Henri Matisse

Books1 week ago

Laverne Cox, Liza Minnelli among authors with new books

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