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What is Daddyland, the gay circuit party evicted from a Dallas hotel?

Here’s what you need to know about the annual circuit party festival in Dallas that was evicted from a hotel recently.

LGBTQ+ People, We Will Have Our Freedom

This July 4th, it's important to remember, that while some try to impugn our liberties, they will fail, because in the end, we always win.

How Project 2025 darkens democracy on July 4, 2025

A year from now, will we have the far-right platform Project 2025 be the basis for America?

Provincetown COVID-19 Outbreak Shows Strength of Delta Variant

The Cape Cod beach town saw a rise in COVID cases after the July 4 holiday weekend.

Gun Violence Generates Panic Across America on Independence Day

There were more than a dozen mass shootings across the United States over the July 4 holiday weekend.

The Avoidable Death of Thomas Disch

On July 4, 2008, the out science fiction writer shot himself in his New York apartment. Could gay marriage have saved him?

D.C. Woman Becomes 15th Trans Person Murdered in 2016

Deeniquia Dodds died Wednesday after having been shot July 4; police failed to disclose that a trans woman had been attacked for over a week. 

Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

Former senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists, and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. ''It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,'' said former North Carolina GOP representative Bill Cobey.

The Path to LGBTQ Equality Is Through the Constitution

Congress, presidents, and judges won't save us, writes GLAAD's Sarah Kate Ellis. But a 230-year-old document might.

How to Stop the LGBT Rights Backslide

Amending the constitution is the only way to safeguard our lives. 

Neil Giuliano Says We Should Celebrate Our Independence with Pride

On reflection, former Tempe, Arizona mayor Neil Giuliano realizes that Pride season and Independence Day have something in common.

Plan To Move ENDA Forward this July

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley's bill may get a markup this July.

Ani DiFranco Cancels N.C. Show to Protest HB 2

Everyone is oppressed by North Carolina's anti-LGBT law, says DiFranco.

A Smorgasbord of Prides

Explore Pride in Zurich, Madrid, and other European capitals.