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Pulse Nightclub Shooting Remembered Amid Calls for Action

President Joe Biden in 2021 declared the site of the Orlando nightclub as a national memorial.

Huckabee Cries 'Free Kim Davis,' Others Call Her Rosa Parks

Right-wing politicians and pundits have found a hero and martyr in the Kentucky county clerk.

Cruz, Beck Think 'Gay Marriage' Destroyed the Constitution

The right-wing politician and the pundit traded doomsday fantasies now that the freedom to marry has gone nationwide.

Stop Calling Us Groomers and Quit Making Us Your Prey

A queer educator reflects on the current attacks on LGBTQ+ people and youth by right-wing pundits and politicians. 

Huckabee: What About Gays Who 'Decide' to Be Straight?

The right-wing politician turned pundit worries about the effect of a California law banning 'ex-gay' therapy.

Karla Sofía Gascón is ​the first transgender woman to win Best Actress at Cannes

Gascón's historic victory can't be spoiled — not even after being attacked online by a right-wing French politician.

Fox News Hosts Confused About Whether to Call Gay Man Mr. or Ms.

Right-wing extremists and Republican politicians have been obsessed with pronouns for so long that their media darlings have forgotten how to speak.

Responding to Transphobic Bills: #WeJustNeedtoPee

A viral social media campaign reveals what trans people are really in the bathroom to do -- and it's not as scary as right-wing politicians suggest. 

The 10 Cattiest, Craziest Antigay Comments of 2013

Drawing on religious zealots, right-wing politicians, and more, we list 10 bigots whose insane antigay comments proved they're crazier than a bag of cats.

Too sexy for saving lives?

Right-wing politicians are targeting sexually frank HIV prevention programs and materials. But AIDS advocates aren't backing down from what they say is an effective approach.

Iranian lesbian threatened with deportation in U.K. could find refuge in Italy

Italian politicians said Rome could grant asylum to an Iranian lesbian who faces deportation from the United Kingdom and a possible death sentence back home. Meanwhile, gay rights proponents and left-wing politicians rallied for her cause in a protest Monday outside the British embassy in Rome.

Congressional Democrats Slam GOP Lawmakers For Anti-Trans Legislation

Led by Equality Caucus chair Rep. Mark Pocan, advocates for transgender rights and fellow Democrats vow to stick up for trans kids.

Italian Minister Says LGBT Families 'Don't Exist'

Lorenzo Fontana is espousing dangerous right-wing views as the new minister of families and disabilities.

Herschel Walker Is Happy to Use Anti-Trans Hate to Get Elected

The Senate candidate -- like many Republicans-- believes transphobia is the quickest way to victory.

9 of Lauren Boebert's Most Ridiculous, Hateful Tweets

This gallery is a collection of anti-LGBTQ+ GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert's worst tweets. We rounded them up so you didn't have to.

Seth Meyers Gives a History Lesson on Bathrooms

Bathrooms have a political history that goes back to the 1800s, says Seth Meyers. 

White House responds to weird Republican outrage over Transgender Day of Visibility coinciding with Easter

Donald Trump and other Republican politicians and pundits don't seem to quite understand how a calendar works.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Will Be Focus of House Oversight Committee Hearing

Club Q and Pulse survivors are expected to speak at the hearing on Wednesday. 

Republicans Go Nuts Over 'Barbie' Film's Trans Inclusion and Alleged Communism

Far-right politicians and pundits don't like seeing trans actress Hari Nef in the movie, and Ted Cruz thinks an image of a map is Chinese Communist Party propaganda.

Kirby Dick Is Outraged!

He's tackled the MPAA and showgirls, but documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick is about to unleash his most controversial film to date: Outrage , a look at closeted, conservative politicians like Larry Craig and Charlie Crist.