3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1064+ words) VERONA – Following the Augusta County Library Board of Trustees' cancelation of a 2027 LGBTQ event at the library in Fishersville, the county's Board of Supervisors heard protests from members of the local community. The library trustees canceled the event in July…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (403+ words) The federal agency that runs Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program will no longer pay for gender-affirming care for minors who don't identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. The Department of Health and Human Services announced…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (274+ words) BERLIN - One person has been killed and 15 injured, with some in life-threatening condition, after a vehicle mowed down a crowd near Berlin's Pride celebrations on the evening of July 25, the city's police said. Emergency services responded to an incident Saturday…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (392+ words) Days after an LGBTQ cruise was barred from visiting Turkey, the ship was denied entry to a replacement port in Egypt, according to its operator. The charter cruise aboard Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady ship was turned away shortly before arrival…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (593+ words) An LGBTQ organization in Kalamazoo issued a public statement this month labeling the Israeli flag a "harmful" symbol after two volunteers, working in the beer tent at a Pride festival, wore outfits in support of the country. At the June…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (704+ words) Levi Strauss & Co.’s Pride collection celebrates queer motorcycle clubs as “the community protectors who became symbols of strength, safety and solidarity.” Nonbinary artist Alva Skog created a collection of rainbow clothing and gear, including a camping chair for REI....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (370+ words) For Jonathan Bailey, no paycheck is worth the cost of not being yourself. The Emmy-nominated actor and "Wicked" star, who's become an LGBTQ sex symbol in recent years, opened up about his coming-out journey as a public figure in a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (419+ words) Barney Frank, one of the first openly gay members of Congress and the progressive Democratic namesake of the Dodd-Frank Act, died on May 19, according to media reports. He was 86. Frank had entered hospice care at his home in Maine in…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (254+ words) Non-citizens in the U.S. will face greater scrutiny on their banking activities following an executive order by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, May 19, but the directive was less extensive than a previous proposal floated by Treasury requiring banks to collect clients…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (840+ words) Colton Underwood wanted to be a dad since he was a little boy. In his new, audio-only memoir, "Dear Bishop: A Letter To My Son" (out now from Hachette Audio), he recalls his second-grade teacher asking the class to write…...