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West Hollywood Drag-Themed Art Display Vandalized Days After Pride

A public photo art display celebrating drag queens and LA Pride history has become the target of vandalism in West Hollywood.

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Champions of Pride 2023: Fashion Entrepreneur Vicky Pasche

When Vicky Pasche started the genderless clothing brand Dapper Boi with her wife, Charisse, in 2015, she admits, “It really started selfishly, for my own personal reasons. You know, shopping in the men’s department is not a very fun experience socially, and I realized along way that the fit was never really there either.”

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Frameline Directors Talk the World’s Longest-Running LGBTQ Film Festival

San Francisco’s Frameline is the longest-running LGBTQ+ film festival in the world, and it’s now back for its 47th year. Dubbed Frameline47, the 11-day event runs from June 14 to June 24th, with tickets for non-sold out screenings available now at frameline.org.

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Fox News Says White House Flew ‘Pedophile,’ ‘Groomer’ Pride Flag

After the White House hosted the largest LGBTQ+ Pride Month event in U.S. history last weekend, right-wing influencers and news organizations have been relentlessly attacking the Biden-Harris administration and the LGBTQ+ community. They’ve particularly focused their criticism on the flags flown at Saturday’s event on the South Lawn.

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Republican Dan Crenshaw Says Gender-Affirming Care Is ‘The Hill We Will Die On’

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas, on Wednesday hotly debated a witness about what he called the “elephant in the room” during a hearing about federal funds for pediatricians’ education. Whereas the House Committee on Energy and Commerce typically stays within the lanes of science, in this hearing it devolved into the right-wing …

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Suspect in Club Q Makes First Comments While Plea Expected: Report​

The alleged gunman in the massacre of the gay club Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., is expected to accept a plea deal.

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Social Media (Except Twitter) Improves LGBTQ+ Safety, More Steps Needed: GLAAD

Twitter is the most dangerous social media platform for LGBTQ+ people, and four other major platforms are still not doing enough to protect LGBTQ+ users from online hate, according to GLAAD’s 2023 Social Media Safety Index Platform Scorecard, released Thursday.

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LGBTQ+ Youth Lack Kind Communities, Mental Health Support: Study

LGBTQ+ young people want and need kind communities — and most say they don’t have one, according to a new study from Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.

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Provincetown Film Festival: Celluloid Celebration by the Sea

Cape Cod and movies don’t automatically go together in many people’s minds. But the Provincetown International Film Festival — going on 25 years and kicking off its opening night on Wednesday and closing on Sunday — has established itself as one of the nation’s preeminent film events. And being held in Ptown, PIFF naturally has …

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LGBTQ+ Americans: Let’s Take Back Our Flag

I, like many LGBTQ+ Americans, are feeling lately like a small minority of vocal extremists have hijacked the American flag, starting with the most recent former president, who’s now only known to me as the “indicted one. » By even using America in his slogan, he slanders the very meaning of the word, since all his …

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