LGBTQ+ History Made As Church Of Scotland Approves Same-Sex Marriage
This week the 2022 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, same-sex marriage within the church was approved by 274 votes to 136. While no person would be required to be involved in marrying a same-sex couple if they don’t want to, the church law has now been changed to enable church ministers and deacons […]
Tue, May 24, 2022 Daily LIVE LGBTQ+ News Broadcast | Queer News Tonight
In this episode: – Florida’s Nadine Smith And The 8 LGBTQ+ Trail Blazers Making Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People – Monkeypox Is In Gay South Florida And UNAIDS Calls Out Homophobic Coverage Against LGBTQ+ – Nearly Half Of Republicans Believe Teachers Can Influence Children’s Sexual Orientation or Gender – Lee University Considering Limiting Student […]
Florida’s Nadine Smith And The 8 LGBTQ+ Trail Blazers Making Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
Today Time magazine released their list of the 100 most influential people of 2022 including at least eight out LGBTQ+ individuals who are artists, innovators, leaders, icons, and pioneers in different fields. Noteworthy to the Florida LGBTQ+ community is the selection of Nadine Smith, the Executive Director of Equality Florida the state’s largest organization dedicated […]
Monkeypox Is In Gay South Florida And UNAIDS Calls Out Homophobic Coverage Against LGBTQ+
Broward County has diagnosed two cases of monkeypox. The World Health Organization is reporting that the LGBTQ+ community and specifically gay men are being shown to be an above average number of worldwide cases. The second presumptive case was confirmed today. The CDC is now investigating. Normally confined to West Africa, outbreaks of the disease […]
Nearly Half Of Republicans Believe Teachers Can Influence Children’s Sexual Orientation or Gender
Conservatives have spent the last several months denouncing LGBTQ teachers as “groomers” and pedophiles, with rightwing pundits often saying that they believe that talking to children about LGBTQ issues can turn kids gay. It turns out that a large number of Republicans believe that teachers can actually make children turn queer. A new Morning Consult […]
Lee University Considering Limiting Student Speech As ‘Don’t Say Gay’
A private Christian university is considering strictly limiting the free speech rights of its students when it comes to sexuality and gender, from how they behave to what they wear and what they can say on campus or even online, according to published reports. If approved, the policy presented to faculty and staff at Lee […]
Religious Conservatives Claim RuPaul Dolls Are “Indoctrinating” Children To Become Queer
The toy company Fisher-Price recently released three “Little People” figurines of RuPaul, the iconic drag ambassador whose Drag Race reality show has launched several international versions. The anti-LGBTQ organization One Million Moms is leading outrage campaigns against the doll because the existence of a doll of the Black drag queen will “indoctrinate children into transgenderism […]
2022 Converse Pride Collection Celebrates ‘Found Family’
For the seventh year in a row, Converse is dropping its always highly-anticipated Pride Collection, and this year, they’re doing things big by celebrating the Found Family! Just in time for Pride season, the beloved, classic shoe brand is launching a project that they call the Found Family campaign, which is a “vibrant series of […]
Real Housewives of Miami’s Julia Lemigova Talks About Queer South Florida
Julia Lemigova made history late last year when she became the first out full-time cast member of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. The model, actress, beauty entrepreneur, and former pageant queen — she was named Miss USSR in 1990 — has called many places home: Moscow, Paris, London, and now, Miami. Married to tennis icon Martina […]
San Francisco Queer Police Blast Pride Parade Over Total Uniform Ban
LGBTQ police and sheriff’s deputies are asking the San Francisco Pride parade to change its new policy that prohibits them from marching in the parade in uniform. The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration Committee banned officers from marching in uniform in summer 2020; though that ban only covered the 2021 parade, which […]
