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Kathy Griffin
Arts & Entertainment

Uncanceling Kathy Griffin: The Advocate of the Year on sexiness, censorship, and her love of the gays

"If it wasn't for the gay community, I wouldn't have been able to come back," Griffin tells The Advocate.

Kristi Noem's face melts on 'South Park'
Arts & Entertainment

​'South Park' eviscerates Kristi Noem for killing a puppy and abusing Botox​

South Park's newest episode makes fun of Kristi Noem for her admission that she shot and killed a puppy.

Donald Trump in bed with Satan on "South Park"
Arts & Entertainment

'South Park' review: Donald Trump has a 'teeny-tiny penis' and Satan is his boyfriend

South Park's new season shocked viewers with micro-penises and the horrifying realization that this is all pretty close to reality.

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News

Jon Lovett and Tim Miller team up to ‘raise hell’ over gay asylum-seeker vanished to El Salvador by Trump

Andry Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally, fleeing persecution for being gay. Then the Trump administration disappeared him, sending him to a dystopian prison. They’re trying to get him back.

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News

‘Too strong for sports, too weak to serve?’ Trans troops challenge Trump’s military ban on ‘The Daily Show’

These trans folks explain why they're ready to serve like anyone else.

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Politics

JD 'Just Drop It' Vance fumbled a college football trophy, and the internet has memes

The vice president is being widely mocked online (again) after fumbling the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy.

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Politics

Out gay Colorado Gov. Jared Polis mocks Donald Trump's 'unflattering painting'

Jared Polis' April Fools joke paid homage to a famous show set in Colorado — while mocking Trump.

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News

20 things we have more of than transgender NCAA athletes: From Trump felonies to measles cases

Donald Trump has been convicted of more felonies than the number of trans athletes in the NCAA.

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News

Trump's DOD censored the Enola Gay. Here's 11 things his moronic DEI purge could also remove

Just what is next after censoring the Enola Gay? We have some predictions equally ridiculous to real life.

Tom Hearn
Comedy

Meet Tom Hearn, the risqué comedian with a thirst for daddies

"I'm into daddies, especially if they know how to pay the bill," the viral star tells Pride's Ricky Cornish.

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Arts & Entertainment

John Oliver slams Democrats who think transgender people lost them the election

"If what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues ... that candidate existed, and she just lost," Oliver said during a recent episode of Last Week Tonight.

things to do today instead of watching election news
Voices

10 things to do instead of doomscrolling on Election Day

Stop refreshing the news, you obsessive freaks. Put your time to better use and try one of these other things.

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Election

Will Ferrell and Billy Eichner are 'Loud White Men For Kamala' in hilarious new video

“Would you have sex with a Trump voter?” Billy on the Street is back to answer the hard-hitting questions one week out from the elections.

priest holding rainbow flag
Comedy

Vatican gay sex hits rock bottom, and the Internet responds

Is this why young people are leaving the church?

​Matt Mathews
Comedy

'Platinum star gay' Matt Matthews wants your deepest & darkest secrets

The comedian is rocking his robe and getting all of the tea.

SNL sketch Two Guys Dressed as Doctors Share Last Second Halloween Ideas
television

Here's the Menéndez brothers sketch too controversial for 'SNL'

"Turns out, people like the Menéndez brothers wayyy more than doctors."

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Election

Laverne Cox mocks the GOP's $65 million anti-trans ad buy: 'Made-up fearmongering'

"It doesn't even work," the trans actor reminded viewers on The Daily Show.

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television

Bowen Yang shuts down claims that he 'mocked' Chappell Roan on 'SNL'

It's pretty wild to assume that Bowen Yang's Moo Deng sketch on Saturday Night Live was "mocking" Chappell Roan — and here's why.

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Voices

15 of the gayest Summer Olympic sports

All sports are homoerotic, honestly, but these 15 Olympic contests take the gold.