What Rio Looks Like So Far for LGBT Olympians, Part II (Photos)

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Turning Point USA is organizing a show headlined by Kid Rock for right-wingers upset with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

The LGBT rights movement has had its share of villains. These are some of the worst.

Actor, writer, producer, director, and activist Doug Spearman is very comfortable on both sides of the camera.

Guillaume Cizeron and his ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry have been mired in controversy since the start of the Milano Cortina Olympics.

Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.