Out lesbian tennis star Daria Kasatkina flees Russia for Australia: 'I want to be myself'
Daria Kasatkina will be representing her "new homeland" from now on.
APRIL 1, 2025
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S.C. Colleges in LGBT Controversy May Get Funding Back, With Strings Attached
The State Senate voted to restore funds that the House cut from two schools in retaliation over the assignment of LGBT-inclusive reading material, but the schools will be required to use the money to teach about the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents.
MAY 14, 2014
Forty Under 40: Politics
Jared Polis heads up an impressive list of out politicians that includes Jamie Citron, Nick Shalosky, James Anderson, Aisha C. Mills, and Jason Rae.
MAY 6, 2009
Many questions unanswered as gunman's rampage ends in bloodshed
Jacob
Robida--suspected of an attack inside
a Massachusetts gay bar and in the killing of two
people in Arkansas--has died.
FEBRUARY 6, 2006
Op-ed: Charleston Calls Us to Love Bravely
Ensuring the safety of people of color -- be they young black men, transgender women, or church families -- requires all of us to act, says this out minister.
JUNE 24, 2015
South Carolina taxpayers set to pay for Moms for Liberty-run charter school
The far-right group is opening a school in the state that will be funded with taxpayer money but won’t have public oversight.
JANUARY 17, 2024
S.C. Gets Its Own 'Bathroom Bill' Targeting Trans Students
Sen. Lee Bright's bill would keep cities from affirming trans people's right to use facilities that match their gender identity.
APRIL 7, 2016
Pete Buttigieg among cabinet members credited for role in reopening ports after dockworker strike
He thanked the parties for working together and praised the leadership of President Biden and Vice President Harris.
OCTOBER 4, 2024
LGBT Groups Join Call to Remove Confederate Flag From Public Spaces
More than two dozen have signed on to an open letter saying the flag is a symbol of racism and has no place on government property.
JUNE 23, 2015
How a Punk Rock Drag Queen Became a Top Chef
This former drag star and body piercer now cooks Buddhist temple cuisine.
OCTOBER 19, 2019
Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett: The Exit Interview
For the president's longtime senior advisor -- and LGBT ally -- Valerie Jarrett, the end (and future) is in sight.
JANUARY 13, 2017
Chick-fil-A, We Don't Want You Here
Mayors in Chicago and Boston have made their views clear. And the chain has numerous locations that students are now petitioning to get removed from their college campuses.
JULY 26, 2012
House Republicans Block Banning Confederate Flag from Veterans' Cemeteries
Rep. Jared Huffman called the decision an affront to victims of gun violence everywhere.
JUNE 24, 2016
Netflix Pulls Production From North Carolina Over Anti-LGBTQ Law
North Carolina is set to lose more business because pieces of its hateful HB 2 remain on the books.
JANUARY 9, 2019
Antigay 'Religious Freedom' Bills Die in West Virginia
This year's legislative session was marked by lawmakers' attempts at discrimination, but none of these bills became law.
MARCH 18, 2015
Coalition Building in South Carolina
Susie Prueter and other LGBT activists in South Carolina have been building up their relationship with the state Democratic Party. One major breakthrough came during the CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston last summer. Check out our pre-primary blogging about the intersection of race and LGBT issues in S.C.
JANUARY 25, 2008