5+ hour, 45+ min ago  (889+ words) By John Riley on July 16, 2026 @JRileyMW The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus recently snubbed U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel, two Democratic incumbents who have long been strong allies of the LGBTQ community. The decision also contrasts with the Human…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (687+ words) By John Riley on July 7, 2026 @JRileyMW Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee and the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018, has been arrested in Alabama on drug possession charges. As first reported by TMZ, Baldwin County jail records show…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (611+ words) By John Riley on July 5, 2026 @JRileyMW A Clovis, New Mexico, man was arrested on federal charges after allegedly posting threatening comments targeting a Pride festival in nearby Lubbock, Texas. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Kenneth Thompson, 44, allegedly made…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1073+ words) By John Riley on July 2, 2026 @JRileyMW The woman described as the “ringleader” in the killing of transgender man Sam Nordquist in upstate New York has pleaded guilty to state charges, agreeing to a maximum sentence of life in prison without…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (813+ words) By John Riley on June 29, 2026 @JRileyMW Minneapolis has repealed its nearly four-decade ban on gay bathhouses after the City Council voted 9-2 to approve two technical amendments to the city code effectively repealing the prohibition on bathhouses and adult sex venues....

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (887+ words) By John Riley on June 27, 2026 @JRileyMW An LGBTQ organizer suffered a black eye after a man struck her in the face with a flagpole at a Pride event in Cary, North Carolina. Sara Buxton, owner of The Night Market Company,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (914+ words) By John Riley on June 23, 2026 @JRileyMW Social conservatives in Africa are pushing a charter that rejects longstanding international human rights standards and could roll back protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ people. Participants from 20 African nations met at a conference…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (799+ words) By John Riley on June 23, 2026 @JRileyMW A new survey from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation finds that LGBTQ consumers are reducing support for — and directing their spending away from — companies that have publicly rolled back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (973+ words) By John Riley on June 22, 2026 @JRileyMW A new report from the Wanda Alston Foundation and the LGBTQ+ Politics Research Initiative at Loyola Marymount University finds that many LGBTQ young adults in D.C. are struggling with housing costs, financial instability, mental health…...

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