Famous Butch Lesbian Abby Wambach Infiltrates Christian America!
Yesterday, Christian blogger and memoirist Glennon Doyle Melton announced via Twitter and Facebook that she and Abby Wambach are in love.
Lessons For Our Future From the Disability Intersectionality Summit
Listen as you build your movements, clarify your priorities, and fight for that future so many of us thought was already here.
Don’t Relax Just Because Pathological Liar Donald Trump Says He Won’t Go After Marriage Equality
The ways Trump’s administration will hurt gay and trans people go far beyond marriage equality — and he’s proven we can’t believe a word he says.
Be the Change: 5 Ways to Stand Up to Trump’s Tyranny Right Now
Let’s start a discussion about what we can do as activists, right now in this moment, in the wake of the apocalypse/election.
Take a Break from the Apocalypse and Soak Up Some Good Gay News This Sunday Funday
This week f*cking sucked. Here’s some levity, some light, some love, and some puppies to make it all better for a minute.
Hate Crimes, and Protests Against Hate, Carried Out Across US After Trump’s Election
Looking at protests, Trump’s potential transition team, the National Organization for Marriage gearing up against LGBT rights, and more.
Noony Norwood Becomes the 23rd Trans Woman We Know Of Killed In This Tragic, Violent Year
Attention and action around the epidemic of deadly violence towards trans women of color is more important now than ever, as we’ll only see it heightened in the coming months.
Rebel Girls Reading List: 16 Things Hillary Clinton Meant
Hillary Clinton is not President of the United States.
We Grieve, and Then We Get to Work
It’s heartbreaking to know that this is the country we live in — that this is the country we’ve lived in all along. But the fact that this is the country we’ve lived in all along and that we’re here to read this means that we’ve survived it so far, and that the tools to keep surviving in it are at our hands.
Post-Election Open Thread: We Love You And We Will Never Stop Fighting For You
Hear me: We love you. You are not alone. All hope is not lost. We will face this uncertain and terrifying future together. We will never stop fighting. We will never give up. You are our family and we will never give up.
2016 Election Day Liveblog and Open Thread: Oh God It’s Really Happening
Let’s be with each other on this most harrowing of days to follow updates as they come in and support each other as we drag ourselves across the finish line of this election cycle.
Sunday Funday: Sally Ride Is A U.S. Navy Ship And You Better Vote
Sally Ride rides again, the Cubs won the World Series and here are some literal bear cubs, good gay and trans news from around the world, Hillary’s interview with The Washington Blade, and more!
Atlanta Man Given Life Sentence for Brutal Murder of LGBT Activist Catherine Montoya
An Atlanta man who killed Catherine Montoya was was found guilty of murder, rape, aggravated assault and aggravated sodomy; gentrification and the closing of gay bars; a group within the FBI is pro-Trump and attempting to influence the election; a Muslim trans woman in Russia was murdered and more news.
Anti-Trans Bathroom Policies — and Trans Teen Gavin Grimm — Will Head to the Supreme Court
Gavin Grimm won his court case about being able to use the correct facilities at his school, but now the school board is taking the case to the Supreme Court, where a lot hangs in the balance.
Pop Culture Fix: Mindy Kaling’s New Lesbian Comedy Will Combat Queer Heartland Invisibility and Other Stories
Mindy Kaling and Ed Weeks are developing a new show set in Kansas, Anna Kendrick wants a lesbian love scene in Pitch Perfect, Ellen DeGeneres covers OUT Magazine, Shay Mitchell is trying to break your heart and other big pop culture stories for ya!
Trump Waves A Rainbow Flag; GOP Remains Anti-Gay
Trump does not have an official policy document that lists his supposedly pro-LGBT stance but has consistently laid out an anti-LGBT position through announcements and promises made to his party and anti-LGBT groups.
An Introvert Goes Canvassing For Hillary Clinton
Maybe I’m not the best candidate to talk politics with strangers. But I couldn’t shake the feeling — the knowledge, really — that I’d copped out. Bailing on our first female President, of all people, because you’re scared? Nah, girl. I called the guy back, told him I could make it after all, held myself accountable on social media, and freaked out for ten minutes. But it was on. I was going.
Sunday Funday Will Be Your Best Ally, Inspiring Love Story, and Dream President
A university community stuck up for trans folks, an elderly lesbian couple told their love story in order to make you f*cking vote already, Barack Obama endorsed noted bisexual Kate Brown, Secret like the deodorant hates bathroom bills too, Eileen Myles and Jill Soloway have a breakup more beautiful than some relationships, and more stories to fill you with warm fuzzies and happy tears!
141 Arrested for Peaceful Standing Rock Protest; White Armed Militia is Acquitted
141 arrests were made at Standing Rock on Thursday, police in Washington fatally shot a pregnant Native woman during a welfare check, a new lawsuit filed in Utah challenges the state’s “no promo homo” law, two proposed anti-abortion laws in Alabama were blocked by a judge and more news.
Early Voting in the US Brings Alarming Reports of Irregularities, Accusatory Trump Tweets
Trump is tweeting about “vote flipping” the same day that a story comes out with one of his senior officials bragging about “voter suppression.” What’s actually going on for US voters?