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Hello, Bluesky! We are a new LGBTQ news publication that investigates America’s anti-LGBTQ ecosystem and elevates the voices of everyday heroes. We hold the power and the people behind this ecosystem accountable through rigorous, deep-dive journalism. Check out our work:
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Katrina Foster is shattering glass ceilings: She is the first woman and first lesbian bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Foster will oversee 160 congregations in the region.
Katrina Foster is shattering glass ceilings: She is the first woman and first lesbian bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Foster will oversee 160 congregations in the region.
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEWS📰🏳🌈📰:
Katrina Foster is shattering glass ceilings: She is the first woman and first lesbian bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Foster will oversee 160 congregations in the region.
Katrina Foster is shattering glass ceilings: She is the first woman and first lesbian bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Foster will oversee 160 congregations in the region.
“Nothing to say”: Laverne Cox’s message to the Trump administration.
Today on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor the transgender people whose lives were taken by anti-transgender violence.
Today on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor the transgender people whose lives were taken by anti-transgender violence.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Nothing to say”: Laverne Cox’s message to the Trump administration.
Today on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor the transgender people whose lives were taken by anti-transgender violence.
Today on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor the transgender people whose lives were taken by anti-transgender violence.
More than 61,500 cisgender women sign an open letter calling out the media and politicians for anti-trans rhetoric and policies.
Source: PinkNews
Source: PinkNews
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
More than 61,500 cisgender women sign an open letter calling out the media and politicians for anti-trans rhetoric and policies.
Source: PinkNews
Source: PinkNews
Today marks the start of Trans Week of Awareness. Last week at The Center's Women's Event gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, @UnclosetedMedia spoke with @LaverneCox.
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today marks the start of Trans Week of Awareness. Last week at The Center's Women's Event gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, @UnclosetedMedia spoke with @LaverneCox.
Same-sex marriage is safe: In a massive win for gay rights, the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis’ appeal and won't revisit landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide 🏳️🌈
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Same-sex marriage is safe: In a massive win for gay rights, the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis’ appeal and won't revisit landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide 🏳️🌈
In authoritarianism, dictators come for LGBTQ🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 people first. Here’s why. The No King’s Protest❌ underscores how many believe Trump’s attacks on queer rights are putting American🇺🇸 democracy in peril.
The Latest Attacks On Queer Rights Put Democracy In Peril
The No King's Protest underscores how many believe Trump's attacks on queer rights are putting American democracy in peril
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October 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In authoritarianism, dictators come for LGBTQ🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 people first. Here’s why. The No King’s Protest❌ underscores how many believe Trump’s attacks on queer rights are putting American🇺🇸 democracy in peril.
"I’ve always been resilient and tough. But finally, I feel calm and free."
Read about how our Founder Spencer Macnaughton's boyfriend had to dig himself out of an upbringing of Christian extremism in Virginia. He packed up everything at 17 and moved to NYC, where he could live freely & openly
Read about how our Founder Spencer Macnaughton's boyfriend had to dig himself out of an upbringing of Christian extremism in Virginia. He packed up everything at 17 and moved to NYC, where he could live freely & openly
My Boyfriend Founded Uncloseted Media. It’s What I Needed as a Kid
At 40 years old, I am still shedding an upbringing of religious trauma. But today, I feel free.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"I’ve always been resilient and tough. But finally, I feel calm and free."
Read about how our Founder Spencer Macnaughton's boyfriend had to dig himself out of an upbringing of Christian extremism in Virginia. He packed up everything at 17 and moved to NYC, where he could live freely & openly
Read about how our Founder Spencer Macnaughton's boyfriend had to dig himself out of an upbringing of Christian extremism in Virginia. He packed up everything at 17 and moved to NYC, where he could live freely & openly
Given the news of the week, we spoke with conversion therapy survivors who say the practice had horrific mental health consequences. It tore families apart, taught patients to hate themselves, and made them feel like "a zombie," engaging in self-harm that landed them in the hospital multiple times.
'[He] Helped Me ... Hate Myself': Conversion Therapy Survivors Speak Out
As the Supreme Court appears poised to reverse Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, survivors of the discredited practice speak with Uncloseted Media.
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October 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Given the news of the week, we spoke with conversion therapy survivors who say the practice had horrific mental health consequences. It tore families apart, taught patients to hate themselves, and made them feel like "a zombie," engaging in self-harm that landed them in the hospital multiple times.
The Supreme Court is poised to overturn Colorado’s conversion therapy ban. Representing the plaintiff is the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group known for testifying in favor of or voicing support for a litany of anti-LBGTQ policies. Chris Geidner of Law Dork speaks on this.
October 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Supreme Court is poised to overturn Colorado’s conversion therapy ban. Representing the plaintiff is the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group known for testifying in favor of or voicing support for a litany of anti-LBGTQ policies. Chris Geidner of Law Dork speaks on this.
CONVERSION THERAPY🏳️🌈 AND THE SUPREME COURT👨⚖️: SCOTUS appears poised to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, the discredited practice used to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity that major medical associations have said is ineffective and harmful.
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
CONVERSION THERAPY🏳️🌈 AND THE SUPREME COURT👨⚖️: SCOTUS appears poised to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, the discredited practice used to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity that major medical associations have said is ineffective and harmful.
🏳️🌈 🏛️Alliance Defending Freedom, the legal group pressuring the Supreme Court to overturn conversion therapy bans, was founded by Alan E. Sears, an anti-gay lawyer who wrote a book called “The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today”
October 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🏳️🌈 🏛️Alliance Defending Freedom, the legal group pressuring the Supreme Court to overturn conversion therapy bans, was founded by Alan E. Sears, an anti-gay lawyer who wrote a book called “The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today”
👭👬💍💒GAY MARRIAGE AND SCOTUS: Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito says he still doesn’t agree with the court’s 2015 ruling to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide…. but that it’s precedent. SCOTUS will hear arguments this fall to reconsider Obergefell and to overturn it. What do y’all think?
October 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
👭👬💍💒GAY MARRIAGE AND SCOTUS: Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito says he still doesn’t agree with the court’s 2015 ruling to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide…. but that it’s precedent. SCOTUS will hear arguments this fall to reconsider Obergefell and to overturn it. What do y’all think?
CONVERSION THERAPY🏳️🌈 AND THE SUPREME COURT🏛️: Today, the Supreme Court will hear an evangelical Christian therapist's challenge to a Colorado law that bans conversion therapy for minors. The case has implications for more than 20 states.
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
CONVERSION THERAPY🏳️🌈 AND THE SUPREME COURT🏛️: Today, the Supreme Court will hear an evangelical Christian therapist's challenge to a Colorado law that bans conversion therapy for minors. The case has implications for more than 20 states.
The influential conservative think tank behind Project 2025 has urged the FBI to treat "violent transgender ideology" as a new domestic terror threat.
Reporting: Independent
Photo: The top half of the post is a screen capture of their post on X where they urged the FBI.
Reporting: Independent
Photo: The top half of the post is a screen capture of their post on X where they urged the FBI.
September 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The influential conservative think tank behind Project 2025 has urged the FBI to treat "violent transgender ideology" as a new domestic terror threat.
Reporting: Independent
Photo: The top half of the post is a screen capture of their post on X where they urged the FBI.
Reporting: Independent
Photo: The top half of the post is a screen capture of their post on X where they urged the FBI.
What’s largely been missing from the media narrative around Charlie Kirk's murder is the voices of queer people affected by the tragedy, but also by the subsequent anti-trans rhetoric. We wanted to fill this gap by speaking with five queer students and recent grads from Utah Valley University.
5 LGBTQ UVU Students Speak Out After Charlie Kirk's Murder
“I am extremely disappointed with how the media has been approaching this.”
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September 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What’s largely been missing from the media narrative around Charlie Kirk's murder is the voices of queer people affected by the tragedy, but also by the subsequent anti-trans rhetoric. We wanted to fill this gap by speaking with five queer students and recent grads from Utah Valley University.
“Posting inaccurate and incomplete information, especially about a marginalized community, is irresponsible reporting,” a GLAAD spokesperson told The Advocate on Friday.
Photo: KSL News Utah / Reporting: The Advocate
Photo: KSL News Utah / Reporting: The Advocate
September 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“Posting inaccurate and incomplete information, especially about a marginalized community, is irresponsible reporting,” a GLAAD spokesperson told The Advocate on Friday.
Photo: KSL News Utah / Reporting: The Advocate
Photo: KSL News Utah / Reporting: The Advocate
Uncloseted Media has obtained documents that suggest a prominent member of Moms for Liberty may be falsely presenting as a nurse.
A Moms for Liberty Leader Claims To Be a Nurse. Is She?
Uncloseted Media has obtained documents that suggest a prominent member of Moms for Liberty may be falsely presenting as a nurse.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Uncloseted Media has obtained documents that suggest a prominent member of Moms for Liberty may be falsely presenting as a nurse.
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@unclosetedmedia.bsky.social asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.
Google sends parents of LGBTQ kids to conversion therapy websites. Why? • Michigan Advance
This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Google is the most powerful search engine in the world, commanding nearly 90% of the global search ...
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September 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@unclosetedmedia.bsky.social asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.
Google Sends Parents of LGBTQ Kids to Conversion Therapy Websites. Why?
We asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.
#Google #LGBTQ #conversiontherapy
We asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.
#Google #LGBTQ #conversiontherapy
Google Sends Parents of LGBTQ Kids to Conversion Therapy Websites. Why?
We asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.
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August 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Google Sends Parents of LGBTQ Kids to Conversion Therapy Websites. Why?
We asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.
#Google #LGBTQ #conversiontherapy
We asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.
#Google #LGBTQ #conversiontherapy
‘I Look Like an Expert’: The Sexologist Testifying Against Trans Youth Care [WATCH]
James Cantor, who has never treated a trans kid, has testified in dozens of cases concerning gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S.
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James Cantor, who has never treated a trans kid, has testified in dozens of cases concerning gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S.
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‘I Look Like an Expert’: The Sexologist Testifying Against Trans Youth Care [WATCH]
James Cantor, who has never treated a trans kid, has testified in dozens of cases concerning gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
‘I Look Like an Expert’: The Sexologist Testifying Against Trans Youth Care [WATCH]
James Cantor, who has never treated a trans kid, has testified in dozens of cases concerning gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S.
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James Cantor, who has never treated a trans kid, has testified in dozens of cases concerning gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S.
www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/i-look-lik...
LGBTQ Spaces Say ‘All Are Welcome.’ Asian Men Know Better
From dating profiles that request “No Asians” to racist comments in night clubs, the gay community doesn’t feel inclusive for many Asian American men.
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From dating profiles that request “No Asians” to racist comments in night clubs, the gay community doesn’t feel inclusive for many Asian American men.
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LGBTQ Spaces Say ‘All Are Welcome.’ Asian Men Know Better
From dating profiles that request “No Asians” to racist comments in night clubs, the gay community doesn’t feel inclusive for many Asian American men.
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August 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
LGBTQ Spaces Say ‘All Are Welcome.’ Asian Men Know Better
From dating profiles that request “No Asians” to racist comments in night clubs, the gay community doesn’t feel inclusive for many Asian American men.
www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/lgbtq-spac...
From dating profiles that request “No Asians” to racist comments in night clubs, the gay community doesn’t feel inclusive for many Asian American men.
www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/lgbtq-spac...
Loomed wrote: “There’s no reason why Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, needs to hide the fact that he’s a gay man. Come on, Lindsey. I like men too. No need to hide. I want you to relieve yourself of your toxic closeted anger.”
Reporting: The Advocate
Reporting: The Advocate
August 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Loomed wrote: “There’s no reason why Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, needs to hide the fact that he’s a gay man. Come on, Lindsey. I like men too. No need to hide. I want you to relieve yourself of your toxic closeted anger.”
Reporting: The Advocate
Reporting: The Advocate
The 38-year-old was arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children. “I have decided it is in the best interest of my family and constituents to resign immediately from the South Carolina House of Representatives,” May wrote in his resignation letter.
August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The 38-year-old was arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children. “I have decided it is in the best interest of my family and constituents to resign immediately from the South Carolina House of Representatives,” May wrote in his resignation letter.
Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that explicitly asks them to overturn that decision.
Reporting: ABC News
Reporting: ABC News
August 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that explicitly asks them to overturn that decision.
Reporting: ABC News
Reporting: ABC News