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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Juneteenth and LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations lose sponsors as companies drop DEI
Several Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled down or cancelled this year due to companies and governments dropping DEI.
June 18, 2025
Trump’s tariff on foreign films is his revenge on Hollywood, a Red Scare redux, and an autocratic power move
Opinion: A wanna-be authoritarian leader like Trump cannot tolerate dissident artists, which inevitably means he can’t tolerate his citizens either, writes John Casey.
May 6, 2025
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
Gay Men's Chorus Hits Back at Fox News Hit Piece
The conservative outlet implied the group was undeserving of National Endowment for the Arts grants.
March 20, 2018
National Arts and Humanities Agencies Spared in Federal Budget Deal
AP reports that a new bipartisan federal budget deal would save — and even increase — funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
May 1, 2017
Musical About Queer Athlete Gets NEA Grant
Chicago's About Face Theatre has received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts to develop a musical about late Olympian Babe Didrikson.
December 8, 2014
Harvey Weinstein's New Foundation Will Help Support LGBT and Women's Rights
"We're going to support everything from LGBT to women's rights, more women directors, and the National Endowment of the Arts," Weinstein told The Hollywood Reporter.
April 17, 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
Cynthia Nixon Calls Out the Administration and Enablers in Fiery Tonys Speech
The actress who won for a play about greed lays blame on the complicit.
June 12, 2017
