2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (757+ words) By John Riley on February 19, 2026 @JRileyMW About 9% of U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than heterosexual, according to new polling from Gallup. That figure is unchanged from 2024 " but remains higher than the 7% who identified as LGBTQ…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1048+ words) By John Riley on February 10, 2026 @JRileyMW In what has become a familiar pattern, the Trump administration once again took aim at the LGBTQ community by removing a Pride flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument. The historic site,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (623+ words) By John Riley on February 7, 2026 @JRileyMW New York City Councilmember Erik Bottcher, a gay man who co-chairs the City Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus, won a February 3 special election to replace Brad Hoylman-Sigal in the New York State Senate. Bottcher won 91.62% of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (375+ words) By John Riley on February 6, 2026 @JRileyMW Capital Pride Alliance, the organization behind D.C.s annual "Pride in the Nations Capital" celebration, has selected 13 new members to join its board of directors. The new members will serve alongside the existing 12 board members,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (920+ words) By John Riley on February 2, 2026 @JRileyMW A coalition of at least 47 right-wing groups, operating under the name "Greater Than," has launched a coordinated campaign to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 marriage equality ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, part of a renewed push…...

3+ week, 36+ min ago  (862+ words) By John Riley on February 1, 2026 @JRileyMW Heated Rivalry has found an unexpectedly receptive audience in Russia, despite the country's sweeping anti-LGBTQ laws and aggressive efforts by the government to censor queer content. The popular HBO series, which centers on closeted…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (868+ words) By John Riley on January 26, 2026 @JRileyMW The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents during a January 24 protest in Minneapolis has drawn sharp condemnation from LGBTQ lawmakers, as scrutiny grows over the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement and the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1277+ words) By John Riley on January 16, 2026 @JRileyMW A new report finds that acceptance of LGBTQ people is declining across the United States, with nearly three in ten LGBTQ adults saying attitudes toward their community have worsened. On Thursday, January 15, the Human…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1143+ words) By John Riley on January 13, 2026 @JRileyMW International LGBTQ rights advocates are condemning a brutal police raid on a queer-friendly nightclub in Azerbaijan that resulted in the mass detention of more than 100 people. As first reported by Qiy Vaar!, a website…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (595+ words) By Andr" Hereford on January 12, 2026 @here4andre Lovell Holder's debut novel, The Book of Luke, arrives at a precipitous moment for queer literary fiction. The heated tale of a handsome gay ex-athlete romancing a rival (or two) on a hit reality TV…...