10+ hour, 46+ min ago  (268+ words) When U. S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announced his retirement in 1991 and President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, he wanted the seat to be held by another Black justice. Marshall was an historic figure: Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967, he…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (204+ words) After touting the controversial SAVE America Act as "a Country Defining fight for the Soul of our Nation! , President Donald Trump is now suggesting it would reshape rules for sports participation and health care access for transgender people " changes the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (356+ words) New York City elected officials and activists re-raised the LGBTQ+ pride flag on Thursday at the Stonewall National Monument in defiance of a Trump administration edict that led to the iconic emblem's removal. In response, the U. S. Department of the Interior…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (363+ words) The success of the TV show "Heated Rivalry," about two closeted hockey players who fall in love, may be masking the fact that anti-gay bias has "surged particularly sharply" since 2020, say two research psychologists in a New York Times opinion…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (398+ words) The community of "involuntary celibate" men that trend toward President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement have had a difficult year. Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte noted Wednesday that the biggest loser of 2025 appears to be the incel movement,…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (292+ words) U. S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett on September 18, 2025 (LBJLibrary Now/Flickr) When the U. S. Constitution's First Amendment was adopted in 1791, the Founding Fathers were clear about two things: (1) freedom of religion would a Constitutional right, and (2) government would not favor…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (445+ words) The University of Oklahoma has placed a graduate student instructor on leave after they gave a student a failing grade for a gender-roles essay that appeared to be based on an interpretation of Christian Bible theology. The student "publicly contested…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (263+ words) FBI Director Kash Patel and President Donald Trump on August 11, 2025 (Image: Shutterstock) An FBI employee has filed a First Amendment civil lawsuit alleging he was fired for displaying an LGBTQ pride flag near his desk. The flag reportedly was presented…...

5+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (334+ words) MS NOW's Ken Dilanian and Carol Leonnig report that FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend's government security detail is "prompting concerns" and could hinder response to other incidents. They report that Alexis Wilkins, Patel's girlfriend, has "a security detail made up…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1310+ words) When it came time for John Seybold to place the ring on his bride's finger, he was given a warning: he must not touch any other part of her body or risk death. That should have been enough to alert…...