New Pokemon Game Expansion Features Gender Neutral Bathrooms
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s first downloadable content, The Teal Mask, is out, and it takes the player and all their pocket monsters on an exchange student program to the land of Kitakami. In this wondrous land, they’ll find new Pokémon to catch, new friends to make, and, as fans have discovered, restrooms that are gender […]
Palm Beach County To Recognize LGBTQ+ Pride Month Despite ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law
Teachers in Florida have legal restrictions to follow when it comes to certain topics due to the Parental Rights in Education law, known by critics as Don’t Say Gay, which forbids instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity all the way up to high school seniors. Despite strict boundaries on both students and faculty, teachers […]
Miami Dade College Announces The 40th Anniversary Of The Miami Book Fair
Miami Dade College’s (MDC) 40th Miami Book Fair (MBF) will take place November 12 to 19, 2023, in downtown Miami. In advance of this milestone anniversary, the Miami Book Fair unveiled its official poster created by Miami-based Peruvian artist and graphic designer Jose Chocce, a New World School of the Arts (NWSA) senior in the Bachelor of […]
Rugby World Cup Honors The Founder Of France’s First Gay Rugby Club
The founder of France’s first gay rugby team was honored before the first game of the Rugby World Cup on September 8 in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. Leroy posted on Instagram that the French Rugby Federation (Fédération Française de Rugby) named Cyril Leroy, founder of Les Galliards, the official ball carrier for the match. […]
Anti LGBTQ Jesse Helms’ Rhetoric Kept His Lesbian Granddaughter In The Closet
Senator Jesse Helms, who passed away in 2008, served North Carolina from 1973 to 2003 and was known for taking extreme anti-LGBTQ+ stances, even for the time. Helms’ granddaughter, Jennifer Knox, spoke to The Assembly about her experience of staying in the closet because of the late senator’s views on the community. Knox said “There […]
Virginia Library Due To Lose Funding Over LGBTQ+ Children’s Books
A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children’s books that expose readers to gay, lesbian, and transgender characters. Like many libraries across the country, the Samuels Public Library in Warren County has found itself embroiled in conflict over books with LGBTQ+ themes. The […]
SAVE Selects Todd Delmay New Executive Director As Orlando Gonzales Is Celebrated
There was much breaking news in the last 24 hours as Smart Ride announced the end of the iconic ride when the 20th anniversary event happens in November. You can see the live interview on Queer News Tonight I did yesterday with Smart Ride founder Glen Weinzimer and Executive Director Todd Delmay. During the interview […]
Mother Of Trans Child Confronts Mike Pence At Iowa Town Hall
An Iowa woman who is the mother of trans child broke down in tears when confronting former Vice President Mike Pence over his anti-LGBTQ+policies during a News Nation town hall. Melissa McCollister, a social work professor at Grand View University, cried during an emotional exchange with the staunch conservative who’s running to become the 2024 […]
Release on Bail: 69 Suspects in Nigeria’s Alleged Same-Sex Wedding Case
Last month, in Nigeria, 69 individuals who had been arrested in connection with an alleged same-sex wedding were granted bail and released. In late August, a police raid took place at an event reported as a same-sex wedding celebration in Nigeria’s southern Delta State, resulting in the arrest of over 200 people. Among them, 69 […]
Broward College President Abruptly Resigns As Conservative Pressure Continues In Florida
Broward College President Gregory Adam Haile abruptly resigned from his position Wednesday evening, but the Board of Trustees held off accepting his resignation at an emergency board meeting Thursday morning until they could find out what led to his decision. Like many of the community members who spoke at the emergency session, board members said […]
