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Out Volleyball Champ Tim Brewster Celebrates Victory on Instagram
Recently, out volleyball champ Brewster just won a championship he hadn't won before. And he took to social media to celebrate with a pic of his teammates.
Blake Lively Accuses 'It Ends With Us' Director Justin Baldoni of Harassment and Smear Campaign
Blake Lively has accused her "It Ends With Us" director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to "destroy" her reputation in a legal complaint.
US Flu Season Is Underway, As Cases Surge In Some Areas And Vaccinations Lag
The U.S. Flu Season Is Underway, With Cases Surging Across Much Of The Country, Health Officials Said Friday. The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Noted Sharp Increases In Several Measures, Including Lab Tests And Emergency Room Visits.
White House Starts Scrapping Pending Regulations on Transgender Athletes and Student Debt
President Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes, the first steps in an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations to prevent Trump from retooling them to achieve his own aims.
Suspect Charged in Shooting of Black Transgender Teenager in Alabama
The mother of a Black teenager who was fatally shot in Alabama this week said she believes her daughter was killed because of her transgender identity.
'It's Giving Sean Cody!' New Orleans Saint Quarterback Jake Haener Trolled for 'Sassy' Rookie Photoshoot
New Orleans Saint second year quarterback Jake Haener had a bad Sunday. Not only was he pulled from the game at half-time, an old photoshoot came to haunt him.
Kentucky Attorney General Finds No Requirement to Use Tax Dollars to Pay for Inmate Gender Surgeries
Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday.
2024 Rewind: Did Boxer Ryan Garcia Just Come Out?
The boxer, who once recently said that he is 'gay' if he takes steroids, just tested positive for steroids.
Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Following Mass Killing Plot Targeting Gay People
A 22-year-old man has admitted to a plot intended to kill multiple people at a political party headquarters in Michigan and at a nearby bar because he associated both places with gay people.
Montana Judge Blocks Rule that Prevented Transgender People from Changing their Sex on Documents
A state judge in Montana has temporarily blocked policies that prevented transgender people from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates and driver's licenses.
A Kenyan Man Gets 50 Years in Prison for the Murder of a Gay Rights Activist
The housemate of an LGBTQ+ activist in Kenya sentenced to 50 years in prison Monday for the murder of Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was discovered in a metal box almost two years ago.
Referee Briefly Stops French League Match Between PSG and Lyon after Homophobic Chants
A French league soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon was briefly interrupted Sunday because of homophobic chanting by PSG fans.
Kristin Chenoweth Says One Million Moms Spew Out Hate with 'Wicked' Boycott
The insanely misnamed One Million Moms are about the only ones in America offended by "Wicked," and Kristin Chenoweth is calling them out for spewing out hate.
Black Denomination Upholds Stance Against Same-Sex Marriage. A Gay Pastor in its Ranks Seeks Change.
"LGBTQ+ people in the church suffer in relative silence while those who have left are forced to find or even create new spiritual communities," Rev. Jennifer S. Leath says.
Florida Man Accused of Hate Crime in Deadly Shooting of Gay Man Claims Self-Defense
A Florida man accused of a hate crime for killing a gay man is asking a judge to dismiss the charges, saying he acted in self-defense.
Small Businesses Say Cautious Shoppers Are Seeking 'Cozy' and 'Festive' this Holiday Season
Cozy items like sweaters are popular so far, but there's little sense of the freewheeling spending that occurred during the pandemic.
What the US Supreme Court Will Consider When It Rules on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Children
A case argued in the U.S. Supreme Court will likely determine for the foreseeable future how difficult it will be for trans people to win constitutional challenges to laws that discriminate against them.
A Twice-Yearly Shot Could Help End AIDS. But Will It Get to Everyone Who Needs it?
It's been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus.
Are Trans Women 'Biologically Male'? The Answer is Complicated
Why are Republicans seeking to rewrite "sex" in federal law to refer to gamete production, rather than maintain familiar notions of sex that have endured for centuries, such as genitals or gonads?
The GOP Stoked Fears of Noncitizens Voting. Cases in Ohio Show How Rhetoric and Reality Diverge
There's a gap between the rhetoric about noncitizen voting and the reality: It's rare, is caught and prosecuted when it does happen, and does not occur as part of a coordinated scheme to throw elections.