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Lenacapavir, the long-awaited HIV prevention injectable, has reached Eswatini and Zambia via PEPFAR. The drug is vital for safely protecting pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, significantly reducing mother-to-child transmission.
PEPFAR delivers first doses of groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to two African countries - Watermark Out News
The State Department on announced PEPFAR has delivered the first doses of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to two African countries.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Lenacapavir, the long-awaited HIV prevention injectable, has reached Eswatini and Zambia via PEPFAR. The drug is vital for safely protecting pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, significantly reducing mother-to-child transmission.
Thoughtful gifts from LGBTQ+ makers for everyone on your list newsisout.com/2025/11/thou...
Thoughtful gifts from LGBTQ+ makers for everyone on your list - News Is Out
The holidays are coming fast, and it’s a great time to show some love to the LGBTQ owned businesses that keep our community vibrant all year. These makers pour real heart into what they do, often whil...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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LOCAL: Jafar Jaafar crowned Mr. Eagle 2026 at Florida Leather Week! He’ll compete in IML and aims to raise funds for his journey.
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Mr. Eagle 2026 Named During Florida Leather Week | WATCH
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November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
LOCAL: Jafar Jaafar crowned Mr. Eagle 2026 at Florida Leather Week! He’ll compete in IML and aims to raise funds for his journey.
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New website unveiled to help LGBTQ+ people looking to relocate
New website unveiled to help LGBTQ+ people looking to relocate
The LGBT National Help Center has launched a new free website called LGBT PridePath designed to help the LGBTQ+ community “make informed decisions regarding the potential need to relocate, based on LGBTQ+ laws and protections that areindividually important to them, or to compare two locations side-by-side,” according to a press release today (Wednesday, Nov. 19). […]
dallasvoice.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New website unveiled to help LGBTQ+ people looking to relocate
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"Overall, Washington, D.C. made us feel safe, seen and respected despite what the current administration wants you to believe," writes PGN's Jeremy Rodriguez.
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Washington, D.C. delights for LGBTQ+ travelers — despite political turmoil - Philadelphia Gay News
Washington, D.C. is a safe and welcoming city, known for its rich LGBTQ+ history and abundance of LGBTQ+-friendly spaces.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Overall, Washington, D.C. made us feel safe, seen and respected despite what the current administration wants you to believe," writes PGN's Jeremy Rodriguez.
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Trans rights are human rights. 💙💗🤍
This #TransAwarenessWeek, we celebrate trans joy, resilience, and identity — and commit to amplifying trans voices every day. 🏳️⚧️
This #TransAwarenessWeek, we celebrate trans joy, resilience, and identity — and commit to amplifying trans voices every day. 🏳️⚧️
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Trans rights are human rights. 💙💗🤍
This #TransAwarenessWeek, we celebrate trans joy, resilience, and identity — and commit to amplifying trans voices every day. 🏳️⚧️
This #TransAwarenessWeek, we celebrate trans joy, resilience, and identity — and commit to amplifying trans voices every day. 🏳️⚧️
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SCOTUS to hear arguments on challenges to trans athlete bans
SCOTUS to hear arguments on challenges to trans athlete bans
The Supreme Court of the United States has scheduled oral arguments in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox for Jan. 13, according to a press release from Lambda Legal. The two cases focus on challenges brought by transgender students against laws that categorically ban transgender women and girls like them from athletic programs based on their gender identity, the press […]
dallasvoice.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
SCOTUS to hear arguments on challenges to trans athlete bans
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NEW EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (11/12/25): Demystifying (and Queering) Redistricting & Covering LGBTQ+ Org Cuts
Featuring: @susantebben.bsky.social (@ohiocapitaljournal.com), @byadamrhodes.bsky.social (@ire.org) & @laurenechapman.bsky.social (Indiana Public Broadcasting).
Featuring: @susantebben.bsky.social (@ohiocapitaljournal.com), @byadamrhodes.bsky.social (@ire.org) & @laurenechapman.bsky.social (Indiana Public Broadcasting).
This News is So Gay (11/12/25): Demystifying (and Queering) Redistricting & Covering LGBTQ+ Org Cuts
Featuring: Susan Tebben (The Ohio Capital Journal), Adam Rhodes (Investigative Reporters and Editors) and Lauren Chapman (Indiana Public Broadcasting).
thebuckeyeflame.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
NEW EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (11/12/25): Demystifying (and Queering) Redistricting & Covering LGBTQ+ Org Cuts
Featuring: @susantebben.bsky.social (@ohiocapitaljournal.com), @byadamrhodes.bsky.social (@ire.org) & @laurenechapman.bsky.social (Indiana Public Broadcasting).
Featuring: @susantebben.bsky.social (@ohiocapitaljournal.com), @byadamrhodes.bsky.social (@ire.org) & @laurenechapman.bsky.social (Indiana Public Broadcasting).
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“There are certainly many rights and people in our community who need to be advocated for in our current political environment,” said Rebecca Levin Nayak, emphasizing that trans people and immigrants have been especially targeted.
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Marriage equality is safe for now, but that doesn’t mean LGBTQ+ people can rest - Philadelphia Gay News
Marriage equality is safe for now, but LGBTQ+ people must stay vigilant, plan ahead, and keep advocating for their rights.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“There are certainly many rights and people in our community who need to be advocated for in our current political environment,” said Rebecca Levin Nayak, emphasizing that trans people and immigrants have been especially targeted.
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“Hedda Gabler,” written by the Norwegian playwright Heinrik Ibsen in 1891, eventually became a feminist classic about a strong, passionate, unruly woman bored with her marriage and life. www.ebar.com/story/160128
‘Hedda’ offers a queer upending of old play
“Hedda Gabler,” written by the Norwegian playwright Heinrik Ibsen in 1891, eventually became a feminist classic about a strong, passionate, unruly woman bored with her marriage and life, trying unsucc...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“Hedda Gabler,” written by the Norwegian playwright Heinrik Ibsen in 1891, eventually became a feminist classic about a strong, passionate, unruly woman bored with her marriage and life. www.ebar.com/story/160128
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On Veterans Day, transgender service members face the possibility of expulsion under a new policy. Second Lt. Nic Talbott, a plaintiff in the federal lawsuit Talbott v. Trump, stated he is "stuck waiting, not knowing what tomorrow might bring."
Serving America, facing expulsion: Fight for trans inclusion continues on Veterans Day - Watermark Out News
President Trump signed EO 14183 titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness,” on Jan. 27, directing the Department of Defense.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On Veterans Day, transgender service members face the possibility of expulsion under a new policy. Second Lt. Nic Talbott, a plaintiff in the federal lawsuit Talbott v. Trump, stated he is "stuck waiting, not knowing what tomorrow might bring."
@tellofilms.bsky.social's newest queer holiday romance The Christmas Writer has it all—bookstores, writer’s block and sapphic sparks.
Available on VOD Nov. 18. newsisout.com/2025/11/love...
Available on VOD Nov. 18. newsisout.com/2025/11/love...
Love, loss and lesbian lit — Tello Films’ "The Christmas Writer" hits just in time for the holidays - News Is Out
Tello Films returns with The Christmas Writer, a cozy queer holiday romance about love, loss and finding inspiration again—available on VOD Nov. 18.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@tellofilms.bsky.social's newest queer holiday romance The Christmas Writer has it all—bookstores, writer’s block and sapphic sparks.
Available on VOD Nov. 18. newsisout.com/2025/11/love...
Available on VOD Nov. 18. newsisout.com/2025/11/love...
25 actors who’ve come out after playing an LGBTQ+ character newsisout.com/2025/11/25-a...
25 actors who've come out after playing an LGBTQ+ character - News Is Out
In November 2024, actor Chloë Grace Moretz came out as gay in a social media post about the presidential election—around six years after she played a gay teenager sent to conversion therapy camp in th...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Where LGBTQ+ Media Serve Growing Audiences www.macfound.org/press/grante...
Where LGBTQ+ Media Serve Growing Audiences
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November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The petition was submitted to the Supreme Court on Oct. 22 and considered during the justices’ private conference on Nov. 7. Davis needed at least four votes for the Court to take up her case, but Monday’s order shows she fell short. epgn.com/2025/11/10/s...
Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis’s effort to overturn landmark marriage ruling - Philadelphia Gay News
The Supreme Court declined to revisit the Obergefell v. Hodges decision despite Davis’ latest attempt to challenge marriage equality.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The petition was submitted to the Supreme Court on Oct. 22 and considered during the justices’ private conference on Nov. 7. Davis needed at least four votes for the Court to take up her case, but Monday’s order shows she fell short. epgn.com/2025/11/10/s...
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Marriage equality remains protected after the Supreme Court declined to hear Kim Davis’ latest attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision marks the second time the court has rejected her case since the 2015 marriage equality ruling.
SCOTUS declines to hear Kim Davis' challenge to marriage equality - Watermark Out News
SCOTUS announced Nov. 10 that they would not review Kim Davis' request to revisit her case, a challenge to marriage equality.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Marriage equality remains protected after the Supreme Court declined to hear Kim Davis’ latest attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision marks the second time the court has rejected her case since the 2015 marriage equality ruling.
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Supreme Court reaffirms marriage equality
Supreme Court reaffirms marriage equality
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition that sought to overturn 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges and create a religious exemption giving government employees a license to discriminate. The petition to reopen the marriage case was filed by Kim Davis, the district clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples […]
dallasvoice.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Supreme Court reaffirms marriage equality
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On the ‘Rise’
On the ‘Rise’
Jim Obergefell, named plaintiff in the lawsuit that resulted in national marriage equality, will receive Black Tie Dinner’s Equality Award at the event on Nov. 8. TAMMYE NASH | Managing EditorNash@DallasVoice.com The 44th annual Black Tie Dinner happens Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Sheraton Dallas Downtown, and this year’s senior Co-Chair Liliana Villareal this week […]
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November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On the ‘Rise’
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“This decision will cause immediate, widespread, and irreparable harm to all those who are being denied accurate identity documents,” said Jessie Rossman, legal director of the @aclum.bsky.social
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To Enforce Discriminatory Passport Policy | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON–The Supreme Court of the United States today granted a request from the Trump administration to stay a preliminary injunction in Orr v....
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November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“This decision will cause immediate, widespread, and irreparable harm to all those who are being denied accurate identity documents,” said Jessie Rossman, legal director of the @aclum.bsky.social
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At least 86 LGBTQ+ candidates win, Victory Fund says
At least 86 LGBTQ+ candidates win, Victory Fund says
The “blue wave” that rolled across the United States on Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 4) carried a number of openly-LGBTQ+ candidates into office, according to the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. The Victory Fund endorsed 264 LGBTQ+ candidates in 37 states this year, with 171 of those candidates appearing on ballots in the 2025 General Election, according […]
dallasvoice.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
At least 86 LGBTQ+ candidates win, Victory Fund says
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Majority of out LGBTQ+ Ohio candidates win in November 4 General Election.
From Ada to Akron to, a host of LGBTQ+ candidates from all across the state emerged victorious in their races.
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From Ada to Akron to, a host of LGBTQ+ candidates from all across the state emerged victorious in their races.
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Majority of out LGBTQ+ Ohio candidates win in November 4 General Election
From Ada to Akron to, a host of LGBTQ+ candidates from all across the state emerged victorious in their races.
thebuckeyeflame.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Majority of out LGBTQ+ Ohio candidates win in November 4 General Election.
From Ada to Akron to, a host of LGBTQ+ candidates from all across the state emerged victorious in their races.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/05/l...
From Ada to Akron to, a host of LGBTQ+ candidates from all across the state emerged victorious in their races.
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Representative Adelita Grijalva sits down with the Blade to discuss the Epstein files, transgender rights, and her fight to represent Arizona.
41 days and counting: Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva says ‘this has gone way too far’
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November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Representative Adelita Grijalva sits down with the Blade to discuss the Epstein files, transgender rights, and her fight to represent Arizona.
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NEW EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (11/5/25): A Path to LGBTQ+ Equality in Local Advocacy?
Featuring: David DeWitt (The Ohio Capital Journal), Jake Wittich (Windy City Times) and Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News).
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/05/t...
Featuring: David DeWitt (The Ohio Capital Journal), Jake Wittich (Windy City Times) and Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News).
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/05/t...
This News is So Gay (11/5/25): A Path to LGBTQ+ Equality in Local Advocacy?
Featuring: David DeWitt (The Ohio Capital Journal), Jake Wittich (Windy City Times) and Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News)
thebuckeyeflame.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NEW EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (11/5/25): A Path to LGBTQ+ Equality in Local Advocacy?
Featuring: David DeWitt (The Ohio Capital Journal), Jake Wittich (Windy City Times) and Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News).
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/05/t...
Featuring: David DeWitt (The Ohio Capital Journal), Jake Wittich (Windy City Times) and Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News).
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BREAKING NEWS: Dallas city will file for crosswalk exemption
BREAKING NEWS: Dallas city will file for crosswalk exemption
The Dallas City Council has voted to file for an exemption to keep the state from forcing the removal of rainbow crosswalks in the Oak Lawn Gayborhood. Gov. Greg Abbott last month ordered that Texas cities remove all rainbow crosswalks by Nov. 8 or risk losing federal funds. Abbott claimed that rainbow crosswalks express a […]
dallasvoice.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Dallas city will file for crosswalk exemption
41% of LGBTQ+ TV characters not returning in 2026, according to GLAAD's latest Where We Are on TV report newsisout.com/2025/11/41-o...
41% of LGBTQ+ TV characters not returning in 2026, according to GLAAD’s latest "Where We Are on TV" report - News Is Out
GLAAD’s latest Where We Are on TV report shows a 4% rise in LGBTQ+ characters this year, but 41% won’t return in 2026, signaling major losses in queer representation.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
41% of LGBTQ+ TV characters not returning in 2026, according to GLAAD's latest Where We Are on TV report newsisout.com/2025/11/41-o...