5 THINGS TO KNOW

Grenell seems a bit bitter over Buttigieg’s historic cabinet role

There is an incredibly important difference between Pete Buttigieg‘s history-making appointment to Joe Biden’s cabinet and Richard Grenell‘s position in Donald Trump‘s administration. Buttigieg made history on Tuesday (2 January) when the Senate voted by 86 to 13 to…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

China calls on schools to make boys more ‘manly’

A notice from China’s education ministry has caused a stir after it suggested young Chinese men had become too “feminine”. The message has been criticised as sexist by many online users – but some say China’s male celebrities are partly to blame…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Buttigieg is the first out Senate-confirmed Cabinet member

Pete Buttigieg was approved by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday as transportation secretary with bipartisan support, marking the first time an openly gay person has been confirmed to a Cabinet-level position and a long overdue achievement for the LGBTQ community…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Texas ranks as one of the worst states for LGBT people

Texas ranks as one of the worst states in the country for LGBTQ+ people, according to the Equality Federation Institute and the Human Rights Campaign’s State Equality Index for 2020. The recently-released annual index measures the rights and protections each state…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Ex-drag queen, ‘ex-gay’, pro-Trumper is now an ex-GOP staffer

Meet Kevin Whitt, a former drag queen, “ex-gay” and Republican field organizer–er, former Republican field organizer. Witt found himself sacked from the GOP of Texas after a series of social media posts revealing that he’d participated in the attempted insurrection at…