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LGBTQ candidates made gains nationwide, winning local and school board seats as Democrats surged in key races — a true Big Gay Blue Wave. 🌈🗳️
#LGBTQ #Elections2025 #RepresentationMatters #BlueWave
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November 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Democrats swept this year’s off-year elections, propelling LGBTQ allies Abigail Spanberger, Zohran Mamdani, and Mikie Sherrill to decisive wins across Virginia, New York, and New Jersey. 🌈
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#LGBTQ #Politics #Equality #Elections2025
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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San Francisco’s new Drag Laureate is trans performer and educator Per Sia, who plans to use her platform to promote literacy and fight censorship.
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#LGBTQ #Drag #TransVisibility #SanFrancisco
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Happy Halloween! Enjoy our special issue featuring 13 pages of fabulous photos from the 38th Annual 17th Street High Heel Race by Todd Franson and Judy Schloss, and Paul T. Klein on the ravaging joys of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Let there be lips!
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October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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For our 2010 Halloween issue, Sean Bugg, Chris Geidner, and Will O'Bryan ghost-hunted "The 7 Scariest Places in D.C." The ghoulishly awesome cover was created by art director Todd Franson.

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October 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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One of our favorite Halloween covers, from back in 2013. David Perruzza (then the manager at JR.'s, now the owner of Pitcher's in D.C.) gamely posed as Carrie White, allowing art director/photographer Todd Franson to dump "pig's blood" over him. Dave's performance was perfect.
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Rose Byrne hits the breaking point in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, a darkly comic, deeply relatable look at modern motherhood and burnout.
Read our ★★★★☆ review.
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#RoseByrne #MovieReview #DarkComedy #IndieFilm
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Michael O'Loughlin has been named executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter -- becoming the first openly gay person to lead the influential Catholic news outlet.
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The Capital Pride Alliance confirmed that Board President Ashley Smith has stepped down after the group was "made aware of a claim" and began an independent investigation.
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#LGBTQ #Pride #DC
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Scott Wiener plans run for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat as progressives push for change in San Francisco.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Even with the star power of Neil Patrick Harris and James Corden, Broadway’s Art fades faster than the paint dries.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone 2 is eerie and beautifully shot, but the fear never quite connects.
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#Horror #TheBlackPhone2 #MovieReview
October 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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President Trump has commuted George Santos’ seven-year prison sentence for fraud and identity theft -- calling for his release “immediately.”
The move follows GOP appeals and a personal letter from Santos pleading for clemency.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Sydney’s “Pink Pony” gay club faced a wave of backlash after critics accused the owners of excluding women and co-opting lesbian culture. They’ve since apologized and vowed to change the name.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Leaked Republican group chats reveal Young Republican leaders joking about Hitler, using racial and anti-gay slurs, and threatening political rivals.
Most party leaders condemned the messages -- except Vice President JD Vance.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Food & Friends has swapped Thanksgiving pies for fitness challenges. Their new “Move for Meals” event encourages participants to get active — and help provide meals for those in need.
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#FoodAndFriends #MoveForMeals #WashingtonDC #Community #Nonprofit
October 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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One Million Moms has found a new hill to die on: NASCAR’s “Hell Yeah!” ad.
The anti-gay group says the slogan is too “foul” for families — which is rich coming from people who rage over rainbow cookies.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Fired Wyoming librarian Terri Lesley has won a $700,000 settlement after being dismissed for refusing to remove LGBTQ-themed books from library shelves.

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#LGBTQ #BookBan #Wyoming #Libraries
October 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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As cities move to erase street murals, Milwaukee celebrates visibility with two new rainbow crosswalks in Walker’s Point. 🌈
#LGBTQ #Milwaukee #Pride #RainbowCrosswalks

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October 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman gives J.Lo the spotlight — and dims everything else.
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#JenniferLopez #MovieMusical #LGBTQFilm
October 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Creative Cauldron’s Turn of the Screw has atmosphere to spare but never quite delivers the chills its ghost story promises.
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October 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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“That's not discrimination.”

Virginia Republican Winsome Earle-Sears clashed with Democrat Abigail Spanberger over LGBTQ rights in a fiery gubernatorial debate. Maximilian Sandefer reports.

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#Virginia #LGBTQ #Politics
October 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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✈️ “The plane is going down!”
A Sun Country flight was diverted to Chicago after a passenger began screaming anti-LGBTQ conspiracies midair.
#LGBTQ #News #AirTravel
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October 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Gavin Newsom just vetoed a pro-trans education bill — calling it “premature” — even as he leaves several LGBTQ protections unsigned.

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October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM