Court sides with ACLU and queer performers over federal trans funding restrictions
As in many authoritarian campaigns, art has been recognized as a vital form of resistance — but bad actors have sought to curtail it accordingly.
September 23, 2025
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Ron DeSantis vetoes millions in arts funding to shut down Florida's fringe festivals
The anti-LGBTQ+ governor blamed "sexual" fringe festivals across the state for making it impossible to allow any grants to reach organizations. Advocates have cried foul.
July 4, 2024
Trump's Budget Proposal Wipes Out Funding for Arts & Public Broadcasting
Trump's so-called "America First" budget would move $54 billion from federal programs over to defense spending.
March 16, 2017
LGBTQ+ festival fights back after Trump's cuts National Endowment for the Arts funding
Here’s how you can support the Criminal Queerness Festival at NYC Pride 2025, showcasing LGBTQ+ playwrights from oppressed countries.
May 12, 2025
Olivia Rodrigo gives away free Plan B at Missouri show, calls for 'funding abortion'
Olivia Rodrigo gave away free boxes of Julie — emergency contraception also known as Plan B — at her recent show in St. Louis, Mo., where abortion is a felony.
March 14, 2024
Queer Eye's Karamo Brown Met With Karen Pence's Team
One of Brown's Queer Eye castmembers critiqued him for meeting with staffmembers of the antigay Second Lady.
June 19, 2018
Trans Artist Cassils’ Latest Project: Canning Sh*t From Andy Warhol
Their $HT Coin series speaks to racial and gender inequality in the art world.
August 18, 2021
Suze Orman: Don't Let Congress Pass Trump's Budget
The president's proposed budget "takes away vital financial help" for many Americans, Orman says.
March 16, 2017
Women Who Paved the Way: Arts Patron Winnaretta Singer
Today's queer woman to know for Women's History Month is the heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune.
March 24, 2017
Why Black Gay Filmmaker Marlon Riggs Matters Now
His work stands as inspiration for resistance to homophobia and racial hatred.
February 27, 2017
What a Biopic Does for Robert Mapplethorpe's Legacy
Upcoming Robert Mapplethorpe biopics guarantee the legacy of the maverick photographer will live on.
May 22, 2012
The Aftermath of Robert Mapplethorpe's Censorship War
Thirty years ago, the acclaimed photographer challenged the nation's censorship laws. Now a new podcast is examining how far we've come.
August 3, 2019