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Sarah McBride Launches Campaign To Become First Transgender Member Of Congress

Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride, who in 2020 became the nation’s first openly transgender state senator, is setting out to make history again — this time as the first out transgender person elected to...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 27, 2023 Queer News Tonight

TriniDaddy

Democratic Presidential Hopeful RFK Jr. Says Trans Frogs Mean The Water Is Turning Kids Trans

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thinks that chemicals in the water supply are turning kids trans. The Democratic presidential hopeful’s crackpot theory, involving male frogs turning into viable females, is lite...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 21, 2023 Queer News Tonight

PRISM, CJ Walden

New Gallup Poll Shows Most Republican Voters Think Same-Sex Relationships Are Immoral

After a year of relentless attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, a majority of Republican voters now believe that same-sex relationships are “immoral”. A Gallup poll published on June 16 found only 41 perc...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 20, 2023 Queer News Tonight

OutShine LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Dino Mosquera

North Carolina Republican Senator Censured For Being LGBTQ+ Friendly

On Saturday, Republican delegates in North Carolina voted at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state's senior US senator, for backing LGBTQ+ rights, immigration, and gun violence pol...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 14, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Aqua Foundation, Mateo Ventura Bruer

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards Promises To Veto Every Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, said that he intends to veto a package of bills passed by the GOP dominated legislature that targets the LGBTQ+ community, including a ban on gender-affirm...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 14, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Kal Gajraj

Republicans Walk Out As Drag Nun 'Sister Roma' Honored At California Capitol

Protest took a back seat to the celebration at the California Capitol Monday as lawmakers honored drag nun Sister Roma and proclaimed June LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Roma, who belongs to the San Francisco-ba...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 7, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Al Ferguson

Taylor Swift Starts Pride Month Calling For Fans To Vote Out Homophobes

Taylor Swift is taking a strong stand in support of the LGBTQ+ community. The 12-time Grammy Award winner marked Pride Month by telling the nearly 64000 people who packed Chicago’s Soldier Field, "Fir...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 6, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Gregg Shapiro

Recently Divorced MTG Starts Pride Month With Transphobia

Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene began Pride Month with a vile, transphobic tweet. Greene has long aired her deeply homophobic and transphobic views in public, referring to Democrats a...

Queer Up Politics

Jun 6, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Dr. Julio Capo, Jr

Nebraska Senator Who Voted For Anti-Trans Bill Says She Has No Clue What It Was About

Republican state senator Christy Armendariz admitted that she doesn’t watch the news or get the newspaper after being shocked that a journalist from New York magazine attended a hearing on Legislative...

Queer Up Politics

May 25, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Gregg Shapiro

Dems Heckle Gay George Santos After All Republicans Vote To Protect Him

Last week, every House Republican voted to block a vote on a resolution to expel out Rep. George Santos. Three gay Democratic members of Congress introduced the resolution. Despite it being dropped, t...

Queer Up Politics

May 22, 2023 Queer News Tonight

4Ward Miami, Jonathan Casanas

Democratic Texas Rep. Shawn Thierry Censured After She Voted Against LGBTQ+ Rights

On May 12, Shawn Thierry broke ranks from other Democratic lawmakers in the state House of Representatives by voting in favor of SB14, a bill that seeks to restrict healthcare for trans youth by banni...

Queer Up Politics

May 18, 2023 Queer News Tonight

Scott Galvin

SAVE Gala Draws All LGBTQ+ Eyes To November 2024 'Election Of Every Lifetime'

This week equality voices and fund raising was front and center in South Florida as SAVE, Miami-Dade County's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group held it’s annual Gala at the Miami Beach New World Symphony ...

Queer Up Politics

May 16, 2023 Queer News Tonight