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I went into credit card debt to buy the Stonewall Inn with my co-owners. We want to honor its past by impacting the future.
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (680+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stacy Lentz, co-owner of the Stonewall Inn and CEO of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative. It has been edited for length and clarity. I grew up middle-class, in the middle…...
How to celebrate Pride in the D. C. area
22+ hour, 34+ min ago (851+ words) After last year's experiment with hosting World Pride, the international LGBTQ gathering that's regularly the largest on the planet, Washingtonians were ready for the annual Capital Pride celebrations to return to something approaching normal. This list will be updated with…...
Kathy Hilton won't be We Ho Pride's grand marshal after backlash from community
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (351+ words) Kathy Hilton will no longer be the grand marshal of West Hollywood's pride parade. The city and We Ho Pride on Wednesday released a joint statement, announcing that "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star would no longer serve as…...
Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (853+ words) SALT LAKE CITY'June is widely recognized as Pride Month, but a handful of Republican governors have bestowed alternative titles that both supporters and opponents view as counterprogramming. Without directly saying the idea was to replace Pride, the governors of Indiana…...
Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1055+ words) Ruth Shack, who as a freshman commissioner in Dade County, Fla. , in 1977 championed one of America's first local ordinances protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination, only to see it overturned after a high-profile campaign by the conservative activist Anita Bryant,…...
Texas settlement papers describe nation's first gender "detransition clinic'
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (849+ words) HOUSTON " The nation's first "detransition clinic" will provide an array of medical treatment, including surgery, fertility counseling, psychotherapy and speech pathology, to patients who have received gender transition care before the age of 21, according to a previously unreleased settlement agreement…...
Inside the all-masc lesbian and translesbian revue electrifying L. A. nightlife
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (800+ words) At around 1 in the morning at the Sassafras Saloon in Hollywood, four masc lesbians in cowboy hats and chaps were dancing on top of the bar while bartenders attempted to continue making espresso martinis beneath them. One performer crawled into…...
Charlie Kirk show melts down over threat to fertility rates as Pride Month begins
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (363+ words) The first day of Pride Month sent the hosts of The Charlie Kirk Show into a tailspin, with the two men warning that rainbow logos and a celebratory June are quietly steering America toward demographic collapse. "It's a month that's…...
Partying With a Purpose: The Dance Party Making Millions for Parks
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (1190+ words) As the sun went down, more than 8, 000 revelers squeezed under a bridge in a desolate corner of Brooklyn. They danced to pulsating music played by the South Korean D. J. Peggy Gou under flashing lights while cooled by a breeze. For a…...
Trump Under Fire for Apparently Calling James Talarico "This Transgender" on Fox News
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (425+ words) Donald Trump came under fire Friday evening after the president appeared to call Texas Senate candidate James Talarico "this transgender" during a Fox News interview. The controversy sparked after a sneak peek of Lara Trump's interview with her father-in-law, which…...