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Politics

Florida city installs Pride bike racks after being forced to remove rainbow crosswalks

St. Petersburg's new bike rack publicly displays LGBTQ+ Pride while complying orders to keep crosswalks undecorated.

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News

Florida city removes rainbow crosswalk, following Sean Duffy's anti-Pride directive

But other Florida cities have shown no urgency is erasing their colored walkways.

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Pride

Walk This Way: Munich's Adorable Gay Crosswalk Signals

Munich's citizens get to contemplate same sex love while waiting for the light to change throughout Pride weekend.
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Business

Pornhub blocks access in two states after age verification laws take effect

Viewers in North Carolina and Montana are no longer able to access Pornhub as the platform protests the states' age verification laws.

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Voices

Erasing our rainbow crosswalks in places like Key West erases us, too

Opinion: These symbols remind us that visibility is not merely a privilege; it is an essential right for all who walk these streets, argues Henry Kurkowski.

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Politics

Texas follows Florida's lead in demanding end to rainbow crosswalks and street art

Gov. Greg Abbott's administration gave cities 30 days to eliminate decorations from crosswalks. Meanwhile, Gov. Ron DeSantis just erased an iconic Ocean Drive walkway in Miami Beach.

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News

Another Florida city will power-wash its rainbow crosswalks away under pressure from Sean Duffy, Ron DeSantis

West Palm Beach officials said rainbow bricks will be installed at Serenity Park instead.

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Current Issue

An LGBT Group Is Changing the NYPD From Within

Since 1982, the Gay Officers Action League has been helping the nation's largest police force evolve.

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World

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Health

PHOTOS: Indian Trans Women Join the Fight Against Breast Cancer

Three hijra -- India's legally recognized trans or third gender citizens -- have taken part in an a bold new health campaign titled, 'Love Your Breasts. Or Lose Your Breasts.'
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News

Red states are destroying their rainbow crosswalks. Here's what you should know

Here's what you need to know about the rainbow crosswalks: who funds them, if they're safe, and why they're really being removed.

(1) Pete Buttigieg, US secretary of transportation, speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States on August 21, 2024. (2) Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
Politics

Pete Buttigieg blasts ‘despicable’ Donald Trump for blaming D.C. plane crash on DEI

He was responding to the president’s claim that the former transportation secretary was a “disaster.”

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Pride

Iowa Town Defies Trump Admin. Plea to Remove Rainbow Crosswalk

A federal agency asked the university town to remove colored stripes from crosswalks for safety reasons -- but the feds can't explain why they should have any say in the matter.
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News

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy implies rainbow crosswalks could lead to traffic dangers

The former MTV Real World cast member announced the prohibition of art and political “distractions” on roads as part of a new federal initiative.

First Out Mayor of Oklahoma Town Resigns Citing Threats to His Safety
News

First Out Mayor of Oklahoma Town Resigns Citing Threats

The now-former mayor said he had been followed, harassed, and had his tires slashed following an incident with police.

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News

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint says Trump’s ‘disgusting’ plane crash press conference proves ‘he is not well’

”I have to say something,” the Vermont congresswoman said about calling attention to the president’s bizarre behavior.

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News

Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe slams MAGA for 'trying to erase trans people,' gets arrested

The former Minnesota Vikings kicker was arrested after an act of "peaceful civil disobedience” at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting.

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News

Pete Buttigieg and Family Spend Their First Halloween at the Hospital

"Gus has been having a rough go of it but we're headed in the right direction."

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News

Outrage after Florida quietly paints over Orlando Pulse shooting memorial

The state department of transportation painted over the landmark overnight.

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Politics

Democrat Robert Garcia condemns ‘madman’ Donald Trump’s ‘monstrous’ response to D.C. plane crash

Instead of consoling a grieving nation, the president has tried to score political points by falsely blaming diversity efforts for the tragedy.

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Voices

Plane crashes, near misses, smoked cabins as Trump rages about the delay with his gilded new Air Force One

While planes crash and near misses pile up, and the system crumbles under its own weight, Trump is focused on one making sure he has the best seat in the sky, writes John Casey.