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Kevin Bacon And Wife Kyra Sedgwick Dance To Taylor Swift In Support Of Drag

Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick have re-affirmed their status as fabulous queer allies by dancing to Taylor Swift in opposition to oppressive drag bans. There are certain things that we had on ...

Queer Up Gay Culture

Apr 25, 2023

Al Ferguson

North Carolina House Debates Trans Sports Restrictions And Drag Bans

Active North Carolina house bills could impact the LGBTQ+ community. Lines are clearly being drawn on both sides of the debate over House Bill 574 and House Bill 673. House Bill 574 would prohibit tra...

Apr 25, 2023 Queer News Tonight

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Oklahoma Preacher Threatened With Jail After LGBTQ+ Rights Group Gets Restraining Order

An outspoken street preacher is appealing to the Oklahoma Supreme Court after he was slapped with a five-year restraining order that his attorneys say threatens him with jail time if he violates the o...

Apr 25, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Dr. Julio Capo, Jr

Actress Keke Palmer Comes Out As Sexually Fluid, "My Sexuality Is Defined By Me"

Keke Palmer opened up about her personal journey with gender and sexuality while accepting an award at the Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala. As she received the Vanguard Award — which was also presented t...

Queer Up Gay Culture

Apr 25, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Al Ferguson

Florida Pride Parade Banned As City Bans Under 21 Attendance Only Seen Behind Privacy Fences

Gov Ron DeSantis and radical members of the Florida GOP seem to have accomplished what they intended. To divide the LGBTQ+ community and the communities we live in to make decisions that harm some or ...

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight

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Florida Has Statewide Student Walk Out To Protest DeSantis & GOP Censorship

On Friday, April 21, hundreds of Florida high school and college students walked out of classrooms to protest Governor Ron DeSantis and his education policies. The 24-hour action, also called ‘Walk Ou...

Queer Up Education

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Mark Pettitt

Before Today's Drag Attacks The Straight World Loved Barry Humphries 'Dame Edna'...A Life Well Lived

Australian comedian and actor Barry Humphries, who is best known as his drag alter-ego Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89. Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also gave tribute to him on Twit...

Queer Up Drag Culture

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Bob Hentschel

'Kokomo City' Trans Documentary Star Koko Da Doll Killed In Atlanta

Koko, whose non-performance name was Rasheeda Williams, starred in the Sundance Film Festival documentary Kokomo City along with Daniella Carter, Liyah Mitchell, and Dominique Silve, was found dead in...

Queer Up Gay Culture

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Dale Stine

Lizzo Defies Tennessee Drag Ban With Iconic RuPaul's Drag Race Queens

Despite being advised by fans to cancel her Tennessee show due to the state’s oppressive anti-drag law, which bans “adult cabaret entertainment” in public spaces and where it might be seen by minors, ...

Queer Up Drag Culture

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Al Ferguson

Pride Skate Night Moves To Thursdays Starting May 4

Stonewall Pride Skate Nights are a fun, family-friendly event benefiting the Wilton Manors Stonewall Parade & Festival. $5 from every ticket sold will go directly to the Wilton Manors Entertainment Gr...

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight

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LGBTQ Brands Are Leaving Twitter After 'Hateful Conduct Protections' Removed

Dozens of regional LGBTQ community centers are deactivating their Twitter accounts, decrying recent policy changes despite the rise of hate speech and calling on the app to do more to protect its user...

Queer Up Business

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Mark Pettitt

Clash Between Hungary's Prime Minister Orbán and President Novak Over Veto Of Anti-LGBTQ+ Law

Hungary’s president, Katalin Novak, has vetoed a law widely seen as being discriminatory toward LGBTQ+ people, urging parliament to strike a controversial paragraph that would make it legal to anonymo...

Apr 24, 2023 Queer News Tonight