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John Deere is the latest company to turn its back on Black people, the LGBTQ+ community, and women

American businesses continue to cave to the coordinated effort of right-wing extremist online influencer Robby Starbuck.

Tractor Supply caves to far-right homophobia and bigotry and drops all LGBTQ+ support

The seismic shift in attitude comes after 3 weeks of attacks by far-right extremists.

These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them

After the feed and farm retailer issued a statement disavowing all diversity efforts, queer people who shopped there say no more.

Kansas City media misgender trans murder victim springing LGBTQ+ advocates to action

After public outcry, local news outlets corrected the story, highlighting the importance of accurate reporting about transgender victims of crime.

Out Candidates See Groundbreaking Wins in Connecticut, Minnesota

A Black gay man stands to become Connecticut's treasurer, while Black and transgender women had breakthroughs in Minnesota.

Business Advice From the Bay Area's Coffee Queens

Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell's Equator Coffee just became the first LGBT-owned company to be named the nation's Small Business of the Year. The ladies share the secret of their success and how they deal with homophobia at work.

Remembering Michael Callen and Essex Hemphill and the Battlefield of A

Meticulously researched and evocatively told, Hold Tight Gently is this celebrated historian's poignant memorial to those lost to AIDS and to two of the great unsung heroes of the early years of the epidemic. This is an exclusive excerpt.

Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

Former senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists, and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. ''It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,'' said former North Carolina GOP representative Bill Cobey.

The Year in Queer

A month-by-month breakdown of the important LGBT news events of 2008.

For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything

Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.

Women's sports bars are on a winning streak and 'slaying the trolls'

When Jenny Nguyen opened The Sports Bra in 2022, she started a movement: Bars that only show women’s sports. Now, fandom and pay are rapidly growing — and it’s time for the Olympics.

Gay in the red states

Living in the buckle of the Bible Belt isn't always easy for these GLBT Oklahomans, but they're determined to live openly, make a difference, and save their home state from itself

Meet the People Making 2017 the Year of the Trans Candidate

Progressive transgender politicians are seeking office all over the nation, from New York to Virginia to Minnesota to California.

Results: 30 LGBT Races to Watch

Read up on the queer candidates who ran for their political lives.

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