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This year’s NewFest, New York’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival, celebrates cinema on a local and global scale. Running from October 12th to 22nd in-person, and virtually through October 24th, NewFest continues to amplify the diverse stories of the LGBTQ+ community. From 26 different countries, NewFest will premiere over 130 films, offering audiences an electric experience …

The Virginia Beach School Board has revised its transgender model policies to align with the guidelines advocated by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. This decision comes as Virginia school districts grapple with policies surrounding transgender students’ rights and the Republican administration’s attack on them.

A burgeoning Christian nationalist movement is looking to reintegrate religious traditions in schools, particularly in Texas, bringing a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ policies with it.

For National Coming Out Day, the Human Rights Campaign is urging allies to sign a “Coming Out Against Hate” and has released three new coming-out guides, each focusing on a specific ethnic group within the LGBTQ+ community.

Charles Skold, a Maine state representative who previously identified as bisexual, has posted on social media that he now identifies as gay or queer.

“And so my truth is that I am a gay American.”

A Black bisexual cisgender woman in New York City says she was assaulted by a cashier in a convenience store who mistakenly thought she was transgender and sprayed mace at her, dragged her out by the hair, and kicked her in the head.

The NFL season is upon us, and we know that because Taylor Swift showed up in Kansas City a few weeks ago, and then in New York for the Chiefs vs. Jets game. All signs point to Swift as the early favorite for NFL MVP. .

Nashville-based country star Brandy Clark is in the director’s chair of life in the video for “Dear Insecurity,” her plaintive ballad about nagging self-doubt. Off of the out singer/songwriter’s 2023 self-titled album, produced by Brandi Carlile, “Dear Insecurity” features Carlile on vocals with Clark. Acclaimed visual storyteller Trey Fanjoy — who’s directed about 150 videos …