While President Trump and his party work hard to reduce the equal rights of LGBTQ+ people in this country, Gallup found a surprising societal trend never seen before in U.S. history: 1 in 10 Americans across all age groups identify as LGBTQ+, including more than 1 in 4 of those aged 18-27. And more than half of this younger demographic identify as bisexual, one of the most overlooked and…
Kat Abughazaleh’s bid for Congress ended Tuesday night after Democratic voters in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District selected another candidate in one of the cycle’s most closely watched open-seat primaries.
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Abughazaleh, a Gen-Z, bisexual former journalist and researcher…
A bisexual Texas stockbroker claims that JPMorgan Chase pressured him to be part of an LGBTQ+ marketing campaign. Now he’s suing for discrimination.
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George Gile filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas, alleging the firm violated his rights under the Civil Rights Act and the Texas…
Girth Brooks has been willing to do more in gay porn since his comeback.
The proportion of U.S. adults identifying as LGBTQ+ remained steady at 9 percent from 2024 to 2025, according to a new Gallup poll, but that’s still more than double the 3.5 percent who did when Gallup first began measuring this population in 2012.
The 9 percent proportion in 2024 was a record high. Gallup found roughly 7 percent identifying as LGBTQ+ between 2021 and 2023. Bisexuality…
While watching the documentary _Barbara Forever_ at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, I learned that the legendary and seminal lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer had been married to a man and had even said she loved him.
However, once she met some feminists and lesbians, and learned that a new, better way of life was possible, she dove in headfirst, fully embracing the lesbian identity and…
Two federal lawsuits filed this week have turned a single flagpole in New York City’s Greenwich Village into a referendum on how the United States tells its own story.
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At issue is the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, the first national monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+…
A German soccer referee, who recently went viral for proposing to his boyfriend, was attacked outside his home.
Pascal Kaiser stole the hearts of millions last week after he proposed to his fiancé in Cologne’s RheinEnergieStadion during a match in front of 50,000 people. According to the French publication _L'Equipe_ , Kaiser was assaulted in his home by three men late Saturday night into…