Sunday Funday is Sneaking Out With Michelle Obama to Rally Around the Gays
Michelle Obama’s a true ally, Sue Bird’s joining the NBA, Brandi Carlile learns that Pluto isn’t a planet anymore, a rap for RBG and more!
Be The Change: Battling Activist Burnout
“I share all this because I feel like everyone I know is struggling to keep it together lately, to have-it-all or to be-everything-to-everyone or to fight-the-good-fight.”
Pop Culture Fix: Out 100 Honors Cynthia Nixon, Hayley Kiyoko, Mara Wilson and Other Girlfriends Of Yours
Topics include a hot Out 100, Celine Dion smashing the gender binary, Kehlani on being pan & preggers, “The Gilda Stories” becoming a movie, Stan Lee’s date with Patricia Highsmith, “8 Celebs Who’ve Opened Up About Their Lesbian Affairs” and more!
Trump Administration Continues to Decimate Asylum Process, Putting LGBTQ Migrants at Risk
A new executive order from Trump changes the rules for how someone has to have entered the US to apply for asylum, leaving many immigrants — including LGBT migrants seeking asylum — in dangerous limbo.
Sunday Funday Is Glad Missy Elliott Is Getting the Praise She Deserves
Missy Elliott is nominated for the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, King Princess is queer pop royalty, more about that rainbow wave ??, She-Ra, Beyoncé and more!
Pop Culture Fix: Janelle Monáe Presents Amandla Stenberg With Her First Award for “The Hate U Give”
Plus: Who even knows what’s happening with this “San Junipero” sequel, a first look at Ali and Mona’s Pretty Little Liars spin-off, She-Ra is coming to Netflix sooner than expected(!), a new mini-episode of Broad City, The Satanic Temple is suing Sabrina the Teenage Witch and more!
A Record Number of Women and LGBTQ Candidates Win Midterm Races as Democrats Take Back the House
Women and LGBTQ people made history Tuesday and Donald Trump will finally face some checks and oversight in Congress.
Midterm Election Day 2018: Here’s Your Voting Open Thread!
It’s the day to make your vote count! Spend all day with us and let us know how voting went, what ballot issues and candidates are on your mind, and wait with us for results to come in.
Also.Also.Also: Cargo Pants Are Back in Style, Make Great Gay Voting Attire
Did you hear about the midterms, seeing movies alone, women’s anger, queer music bc I love you, finding a sugar mama, queer food, Grace Bonney, and more!
Stacey Abrams Has Always Shown Up for LGBTQ People, It’s Time to Show Up for Her
Imagine a 2020 campaign where people of color, LGBT people, young people, single women — voters who have been taken for granted for YEARS — get to be the power brokers.
Sunday Funday Worships With King Princess, Parties (for One) With Carly Rae Jepsen
Plus: Five Black women who can change the face of politics, bisexual women in the midterms, Ring of Keys live, lesbian Harry Potter proposals and more!
Lupe Valdez Is a Gay Latina Running for Texas Governor; That’s Something at Least
The 71-year-old has prided herself on being a hard worker coming from a humble background and being a champion for the people. But her lackluster campaign and her not-so perfect record as Dallas County Sheriff has dampened Texans’ enthusiasm for her as a candidate, including this queer Tejana.
Pop Culture Fix: Kiersey Clemons To Play Lesbian Joanne in RENT, Which’s Wise and We’re Satisfied
Topics include the cast of RENT! Live, Jodie Corner playing queer in a feminist short, Janelle Monáe on the cover of Glamour, Dee Rees’ horror film about a black lesbian couple in rural america, the Boomerang reboot, Heathers getting delayed again, a lesbian guest on Queer Eye, lots of witchy stuff, Eileen Myles and more!
MA’s Ballot Question 3 Is a Crucial Battle Over Trans Rights in Trump’s New Anti-Trans Hellscape
Massachusetts is considered a progressive vanguard when it comes to LGBT issues, and a loss there would be devastating. Question 3 was put forth by anti-trans organizers betting on the hope that they had more of a foothold in public discourse now than they did two years ago; No on 3 would prove them right.
Sunday Funday Is Blessed by Janelle Monáe, Shimmering With Hope
Some good news and hope to fill your week: Taiwan’s Pride Parade, new queer movies, Raveena celebrating queer brown love, Janelle Monáe, and queer polyamorous foster families!
On This Tragic Shabbat: 11 Murdered by Anti-Semitic Terrorist at Pittsburgh Synagogue
In Jewish philosophy, the “Tree of Life” is emblematic of the wisdom of the Torah: “its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.”
The 10 LGBT Congressional Candidates Most Likely to Help Democrats Take Back the House of Representatives
Which LGBTQ candidates have the best shot at making history in 2018 and, in doing so, help return Nancy Pelosi to the Speakership (however temporarily)?
The Riot Isn’t Over: 6 Movements and Organizations that Map Militancy in LGBT History
Regardless of whether you ultimately see the use of militant force as an admirable tactic, the truth is that any progress the queer community has made is at least in part to all those queers who refused to play by the rules, the queers who behaved badly, the queers who believed that unjust laws must be broken as a method of survival.
Pop Culture Fix: Sarah Paulson and Sandra Bullock Are Reuniting to Freak You Out on Netflix
Plus: A trailer for season two of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a bi/poly storyline for Chris on S.W.A.T., a smoochin’ good time at the Bad Girls reunion, Pam Grier out here talking about The L Word in 2018, TEGAN AND ANNALISE ARE HAPPENING, and Salem the cat walks the red Carpet at the Sabrina premiere.
2018 Midterm Voting Guide: LGBTQ Candidates, Ballot Measures and More
It’s a scary time to be a minority in this country, but the 2018 Midterms offer a little bit of light in the darkness. According to the Victory Fund, this is the first election in the history of the U.S. where LGBTQ people are running for office in all 50 states. They join the record number of women running for office.