Gay Rep. David Cicilline: Trump 'Singularly Responsible' for Riot

Joe Biden is defending LGBTQ students by slamming the "Don't Say Gay" bill proposed by Florida Republicans.The legislation, coined as the "Don't Say Gay" bill by naysayers, seeks to ban the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms. The Republican-led Senate Education Committee gave initial approval of the controversial proposal in a 6-3 vote Tuesday despite condemnation from activist groups.Biden took to Twitter promising LGBTQ students he would stand up for them."I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community — especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill — to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are.

“Yeah. Almost every night for the last two weeks.”One of her eyebrows went up. The movement looked rehearsed, like a trick she’d learned in medical school meant to convey the proper level of concern.

press release described her as “a leading authority in international development policy with over 30 years of experience in the multi-disciplinary field that includes finance, technology, and the environment.”Wong has said she was inspired by the late Congressman John Lewis, a longtime civil rights leader. Lewis, she wrote in a Facebook post last year, “taught me about making good trouble but necessary trouble.” She accompanied Lewis on his annual visits to Selma, Ala., where he was beaten by police during a 1965 voting rights demonstration, and videotaped his appearances.Wong is founder of the Conference on APA Leadership, which encourages young Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to pursue careers in public service. The LGBTQ Victory Institute, which advocated for Wong’s nomination and confirmation, issued a laudatory statement Tuesday.

The Advocate. “I’ve always been a big kid growing up, and I was always happy.”It wasn’t until others started pointing out his “imperfections” that the actor, beloved for his role as Guillermo de la Cruz in the hit FX series What We Do In The Shadows, even began to question if he was beautiful.

star Heather Dubrow is opening up about her family's journey when it comes to her children freely expressing their sexual identities with their parents' support. In a new interview with, the 53-year-old reality star shares that her 15-year-old daughter, Kat, has come out as a lesbian.

Heather Dubrow’s daughter Kat is coming out to the world.

Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill into law late last month that repeals the statute that criminalizes sexual penetration while infected with a venereal disease or HIV under certain circumstances.

Kleefeld Art Museum at Cal State Long Beach, which has undergone an ambitious renovation and expansion, will open next month with exhibits by two important and influential abstract artists: Linda Besemer, who identifies as queer, and Mark Bradford, who identifies as gay.

After months of working behind the scenes with UltraViolet & GLAAD, TikTok unveils updated user policy to impede harassment, disinformation, misogyny, Anti-LGBTQ+ Hatred, Misgendering, disordered eating content, etc.In an announcement today, the video-focused social media platform TikTok released an updated user policy now expressly featuring limitations on ‘misogyny’ and anti-discrimination protections for transgender people, including a prohibition on misgendering and deadnaming. TikTok also announced they will start to remove the promotion of disordered eating content, conversion therapy programs, etc.TikTok implemented the changes after campaigns by UltraViolet, GLAAD, and other groups urged the platform to start taking more responsibility for algorithmic issues and protecting users.“TikTok has become a little safer for women, girls, LGBQ, and trans people today,” said Bridget Todd, Communications Director at UltraViolet, a national gender justice advocacy group.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are underway in Beijing. Between now and February 20, we’ll spotlight some of the inspiring LGBTQ athletes vying for gold.French ice dancing duo Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but a wardrobe malfunction kept them from reaching the top of the podium when the clasp holding Papadakis’s dress together came undone.Still, the partners managed an impressive silver medal, and now they’re back to compete in Beijing in what we assume will be fully-sealed costumes.Cizeron is a seven-time French National Champion and four-time World Champion who made history by winning the European Championships five times in a row.Born in France, Cizeron relocated to Canada in 2014 at age 20 to continue his skating training, though still competed under the French flag in skating events.In 2020, he came out on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia by sharing a photo with his boyfriend on Instagram.“I wanted to share this publicly because it was world day against homophobia and transphobia,” he told Têtu.

updating its community guidelines to make the video-sharing app a safer place for its queer people and women by banning misgendering, deadnaming, and misogyny, as well as conversion therapy from its platform, which has more than 1 billion monthly users.This move follows months of work and advocacy by UltraViolet, a U.S.-based gender justice advocacy group, along with LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization GLAAD.According to Cormac Keenan, TikTok’s head of trust and safety, these changes to the community guidelines were put in place to “further support the well-being of [the] community and the integrity of [the] platform.”While TikTok says that such content was prohibited on the app, Keenan notes that the company has “heard from creators and civil society organizations that it’s important to be explicit in our Community Guidelines.”Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO, told the New York Daily News that she hopes this move by TikTok will inspire other social media apps to make similar changes. “[It] sends a message that other platforms which claim to prioritize LGBTQ safety should follow suit with substantive actions like these,” she said.Making social media apps like TikTok safer spaces for LGBTQ+ people should be a priority as it’s “a public health and safety issue,” explained Ellis, because, as GLAAD’s 2021 Social Media Safety report shows, queer people are “in the crossfire, and [are] experiencing real-world harm.”Changing the guidelines is a step in the right direction.

published earlier this week in the journal, Science.Though the newly identified “VB variant” is easier to transmit and does indeed attack the immune system at a faster rate than other strains, researchers believe that the variant has actually been around since the 1990 but primariliy localized to the Netherlands region. In addition, despite the strain’s aggressive nature, it is still easily controlled by current HIV medications.The strain was discovered while researchers were looking at data and blood samples from people living with HIV in Europe and Uganda who are participating in a study called the BEEHIVE project.

Penrith Christian School has listed transgender identity and same-sex attraction alongside “abusive relationships” as behaviours “not acceptable to God” in a statement attached to its enrolment application. Trigger Warning: This story has details of homophobic and transphobic statements, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The Sydney private school’s principal, Tracey Deal, has defended the homophobic and transphobic Statement of Faith, which states that “Adultery, same-sex attraction, transgender identity, premarital sex, sexual acts between members of the same sex and abusive relationships, are all examples of relationships and behaviours which are not acceptable to God.According to the Guardian, in a letter to parents, Deal called the controversy a misunderstanding and said the media has “misinterpreted a small part of the Statement of Faith and inferred mistreatment of students.”Other parts of the Statement of Faith discuss “divine healing for the body” and “everlasting punishment of the wicked (in the sense of eternal torment).”Back in 2013, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Penrith Christian School was forced to review its Statement of Faith after it came to light that it called homosexuality an “abomination unto God, a perversion of the natural order and not to be entered into.” The school had responded then that the “policy was now under review, according to Christian Schools Australia, which says the wording has been ‘misunderstood’ and that gay and lesbian students are treated with care”.Good to see Penrith Christian School now re-thinking their

LONDON: Bitcoin donations have soared to Ukrainian volunteer and hacking groups, some of which have supplied equipment to government forces, according to a report showing such groups received more than US$550,000 worth of cryptocurrency in 2021.

Gay dating app Grindr had made it safer for Olympic athletes to cruise for hookups during the 2022 Games in Beijing.

Revry, the first global LGBTQ+ network, celebrates 10 Days of Valentine’s Brought To You By McDonald’s, a carefully curated selection of love stories from around the world and across the spectrum.These love stories center a diversity of themes and identities from the Asian American, Muslim, African American, Trans, and other LGBTQ+ communities, and feature stars like Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Morgan Fairchild, Nicole Sullivan, Leslie Jordan, Caroline Rhea, and more.Revry is led by a diverse group of founders, and their entire library with over 5,000 curated LGBTQ+ titles including LGBTQ-focused series, news, and exclusive programming is available on free live TV.You can access Revry’s extensive library on connected TV, Smart TV, OTT, and mobile platforms like Samsung, Vizio, Roku, Apple, and more.Keep scrolling to see the complete lineup for 10 Days of Valentine’s Brought To You By McDonald’s exclusively on Revry. Eat with Me (Tuesday, February 8, at 6:00 p.m. PST)Emma and her estranged gay son face adversity together and use their love of food to connect where words fail. Naz & Malik (Tuesday, February 8, at 6:00 p.m.

Modonna’s singular success spans five decades and includes 50 number-one hit singles, eleven concert tours and more awards than any one mantle could ever hope to accommodate. There’s a reason she’s the queen.But even queens are human, and Madonna‘s startling fall while performing at the BRIT Awards in 2015 has been named the most embarrassing moment in the show’s history.In a survey commissioned by Betfair Casino, fans determined her tumble was the most awkward moment to ever happen at the show.In Madonna’s defense (not that she needs it), the terrifying plunge was the result of a wardrobe malfunction.

siege of the U.S. Capitol by his frothing mob of supporters on January 6, revealed serious flaws in the Constitution.

The day before Donald Trump left the White House, his administration dealt one final, brutal blow to some of America’s most vulnerable patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a policy that, if implemented, will put numerous lifesaving drugs off-limits to Medicare recipients.

The ReidOut on MSNBC.Related: Out state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta presents official motion for state electors to oust Donald Trump“There nothing’s written on a tablet somewhere that says America has to succeed,” Kenyatta told host Joy Reid.“You know, America succeeds because every generation steps up to protect and expand the promise of America — a promise that has excluded for too long so many working families whose lives were tough prior to COVID, and this deadly pandemic has made those cracks even worse.“And so I know that we have an opportunity right now to expand on that promise, to make sure we that we have a country that doesn’t just talk about justice and fairness for all but that actually makes it real, and it’s with faith in that

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline re-introduced The Equality Act

Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, shared a picture of the couple kissing on Wednesday in an apparent reference to the death of far-right radio host Rush Limbaugh, who had made homophobic comments about the couple last year.

With a House vote on the Equality Act set for next week, talks between LGBTQ rights advocates and Capitol Hill have begun on getting the legislation across the finish line with Democratic control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, although that has become more complicated with opponents raising fears about transgender kids in sports and Senator Mitt Romney's (R-Utah) newly declared opposition to the bill.

Eric Trump has once again lived up to his reputation for being a few watts short of a light bulb.Last Saturday, the Senate voted 57 to 43 to convict ex-president Donald Trump of the one article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection. The historic vote fell just short of the two thirds needed for conviction, with only seven Republican senators voting with the Democrats, ten short of what was needed.Still, it was the most bipartisan vote to convict an elected official in an impeachment trial in American history.

Donald Trump.The video comes from its ‘Outspoken’ project, which was launched last year in an attempt to help Trump become re-elected.This President’s Day, LGBTs say ‘Thank you!’ to President Donald J. Trump.

A criminal investigation in Georgia looking into former President Donald Trump’s post-election conduct is expanding to include close Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to a Friday report by the Washington Post.

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named him to be temporary acting director of national intelligence. Previously, Grenell had served as ambassador to Germany.He frequently waded into debates over Trump and the Trump administration’s anti-LGBTQ actions, including claiming that the former president was “the strongest ally that gay Americans have ever had in the White House” — a statement that drew condemnation from LGBTQ organizations.Now, Politico reports that Grenell is putting in motion a plan to run for California governor.It comes amid efforts by Republicans in the state to recall Gov.

Related: “Presidential flipper” who flipped off Donald Trump won an election & oversees his golf club“The verdict does not reflect the truth understood by a majority of Americans, that Donald Trump recklessly and maliciously directed his supporters to attack the Capitol and our democracy,” GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement.

deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol January 6.Fifty-seven senators voted Saturday to find Trump guilty, but a two-thirds majority is required for conviction on impeachment charges.

In a clunky and transparent attempt to position herself for a 2024 presidential run, former Trump devotee Nikki Haley has thrown her old boss under the bus.The former UN ambassador sat down with Politico to talk about how she’s become, like, so “disgusted” by the ex-president, who she used to consider one of the greatest leaders, if not the greatest leader, in American history.“We need to acknowledge he let us down,” she said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him.

ultra-Orthodox rabbi in Israel and an Islamic cleric in Iran, who told their followers not to accept a coronavirus vaccine because those who have it “become homosexuals.”Shayan Sardarizadeh, a reporter for the BBC, tweeted screenshots this week showing QAnon supporters on messaging app Telegram endorsing the conspiracy theory.“Two of the biggest QAnon channels on Telegram, with 180,000 and 56,000 subscribers respectively, have endorsed the baseless conspiracy theory that vaccinating children increases the probablity of them identifying as homosexual or transgender at a later stage,” Sardarizadeh tweeted.In one message, someone links to a news report about the Iranian cleric claiming the vaccine makes people gay, writing, “This is why we

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Three years after his last failed Senate bid, former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has announced that he will seek the Republican nomination to replace retiring Senator Rob Portman next year.In a statement issued today, Mandel said he was inspired to run after watching the “sham and unconstitutional impeachment” of Donald Trump this week.“I’ve heard loud and clear from my fellow Ohioans that we need a warrior that won’t quiver in their boots when it comes to standing up for conservative values,” Mandel said, implying that he is that much-needed warrior.Like Trump, 43-year-old Mandel has a record of cozying up to bigots, particularly alleged white nationalists and Nazi aficionados.In 2017, he attacked the Anti-Defamation League for listing

Donald Trump‘s estranged niece Mary Trump did not hold back when asked about whether her cousins could ever rehabilitate themselves politically after their father’s dramatic departure from office.Speaking to Sirius XM Radio host Dean Obeidallah, Trump predicted, “I think it’s over. I think it’s completely over and they have their father to thank for that.”Both Don Jr.

Take two and call me in the morning. (Image via video still)

Raskin, from the left, is on the right side of history. (Image via video still)

The Russian translator who was the only American to hear several secret conversations between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin would of course never expose what the two world leaders said in private, but she did reveal one disturbing fact about their relationship.

We cannot let this moment pass.We cannot simply ignore it, because it was too harrowing. We cannot put it out of our minds because we want to move on.

inciting a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, resulting in at least five deaths.The Senate trial that began today was centered around constitutional questions about impeaching a former president (some constitutional scholars argue such an action is justified for accountability as well as making the case for disqualifying convicted politicians from running for office again).Led by Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, Democratic impeachment managers aired a video that went far beyond staid parliamentary concerns.

We think it’s safe to say this week is not a great one for Donald J. Trump.

gave the bulk of the funding to the January 6 rally at which former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, culminating in mayhem, terror, death, and the delay of democracy with the intent to stop it. In case you missed it, here's what the Florida-based company said regarding Fancelli, daughter of its deceased founder and heiress to his fortune.

rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol January 6 to disrupt the certification of the electoral vote for Joe Biden.Sasse did not support Trump in the 2020 or the 2016 election, and in the wake of the capitol attack, which led directly to five deaths, he said Trump was partly to blame, as the then-president was “pouring gasoline on these fires of division.” He has expressed openness to Trump’s impeachment; the Senate will hold its trial on the impeachment charges next week.Now the Nebraska Republican Party’s State Central Committee is considering censuring Sasse; members will vote on the matter February 13.

A newly surfaced video showing disgraced Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene rubbing her hand on the crotch of a Donald Trump cardboard cutout has the Internet grossed out.

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took over the US presidency. Not only because it meant Donald Trump was no longer in power but for the changes they immediately made to protect human rights.One of the first actions they took was reinstating into law an anti-discrimination order that bans prejudice against sexual orientation and gender identity.

With less than a week before the U.S. Senate is set to begin its impeachment trial of Donald Trump on charges he incited the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, half of Americans say the Senate should convict Trump, compared to 45 percent who say he shouldn’t be convicted, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll of 1,075 adults released today (Thursday, Feb. 4).

Eric Trump has declared his dad, Donald J. Trump, a “father to America” and one of the most “beloved” political figures in our nation’s history.Appearing on Sean Hannity’s show yesterday night, Eric spent the entire segment spewing lies about how popular his dad is and bitching about how Democrats are mean.“They tried to manufacture everything under the son against my father, against all of us.