With attacks on LGBTQIA+ rights across the US escalating under President Trump — exacerbated by an affordability crisis, cuts to social services, and a sluggish economy — multiple Queer and Transgender candidates have been stepping up in Washington to combat...

The final panel of the day at the Society of Professional Journalists conference, held Saturday, April 11 at the University of Washington–Tacoma, turned its focus to one of the most urgent and contested topics in media today: how journalism covers Transgender...

Bright Light Bright Light — born Rod Thomas — sounds relaxed, if a little travel-worn, when he joins the call. It’s the middle of a North American tour with drag superstar Grag Queen, a run designed to celebrate Queer joy across 17 cities. By the time they...

On August 28, 1938, Reed Peggram boarded a ship from Hoboken, New Jersey, hoping to “become a proper gentleman” and fulfill his dreams. A prolific writer and Harvard scholar of comparative literature, he’d recently been awarded the Rosenwald Fellowship, which...

Born to parents who both had musical careers before they wed, David Archuleta remembers an early childhood, growing up in a Hispanic Mormon community in Florida, where kin were always nearby. He was six when his parents moved the immediate family to Utah; the...

Lady Bunny is a name synonymous with the glittering, unapologetic world of drag. With her towering blonde wigs, double-stacked lashes, and razor-sharp humor, she has been a force in the scene for decades. But this legendary performer isn’t just a drag queen —...

Idaho has joined the long list of red-state legislative bodies across the country restricting the civil rights of Trans and Queer people with the passage of House Bill 752 , slated to go into effect on July 1, 2026. The bill stipulates that “any person who...

As LGBTQIA+ rights face renewed threats worldwide, now is the perfect time to revisit Jimmy Somerville's music. His soaring falsetto and fearless activism were more than just the soundtrack of a generation; they became a rallying cry for equality, love, and...

Randy Boyd’s The Unfrozen Few: Book One: Welcome to the Future is a bold and imaginative work of speculative fiction that combines a gripping premise with emotional depth. The story follows eleven AIDS patients from the 1980s who, after being frozen in a...

On March 20, several residents of Snohomish, Washington, were reportedly asked via text message if they supported a veto of the city’s Pride parade this year. The messaging campaign was sent from multiple phone numbers, according to Out in Snohomish, the...

Black Americans are more likely than Americans of other races to live with chronic conditions like HIV. They also disproportionately struggle to afford the often expensive treatments needed to manage those conditions. So it's hardly surprising that Black...

A case of TMVII, a sexually transmitted fungal infection spreading among Gay men, has recently been confirmed in the state of Washington. Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, commonly shortened to TMVII (pronounced “T-M-seven”), is an infection that...

Combine a college town with a diverse economy, sprinkle in 35,000 LGBTQ residents and two gayborhoods (Short North and German Village), plus several good museums and some affordable hotels, and you are talking about Columbus, Ohio, a Midwest gem. Pride is...

Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up alone on a spaceship, light-years from Earth. His crewmates are dead, his memory is a blur, and he’s surrounded by unfamiliar technology. Slowly, he pieces together the truth: he’s on a mission to save humanity. The sun...

I was in Palm Springs for the International Gay Lesbian Travel Association Global Convention back in October 2025. Over 750 attendees from 32 countries attended — a new record. And this is despite the drop in large corporate sponsorship support (as has also...