5 THINGS TO KNOW
GOP’s overturning of Roe v. Wade led to increase in births
At least 30,000 babies were born that would have otherwise been aborted following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, a new study found…
Month: November 2023
5 THINGS TO KNOW
How much does Mariah Carey make every year off of her X-mas song?
The holiday season means “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is being played many, many times — and it adds up. That means a wealth of royalties every year for singer Mariah Carey, ever since the song was released in 1994…
5 THINGS TO KNOW
The real reason why more women are into same sex relationships
Men as a group offer very little to women. I say this as someone who, contrary to popular opinion, wasn’t treated terribly by a man before I came out as a lesbian…
5 THINGS TO KNOW
Trans Vikings and lesbian pirates: What is ‘queering the past’?
A museum in Britain identified Roman emperor Elagabalus this week as a transgender woman, saying it would start using she/her pronouns in written materials about the third-century emperor following…
5 THINGS TO KNOW
Kansas Library forced to remove LGBT books in order to keep lease
In an alarming development for the LGBTQ+ community in Kansas, the public library in St. Marys has removed all youth-oriented LGBTQ+ books from its shelves to secure its lease for another year…
5 THINGS TO KNOW
Christian nationalist appointed to Arkansas state library board
This past Monday Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed Jason Rapert, a Christian nationalist, anti-LGBTQ+ activist and former state senator to the state library board…
5 THINGS TO KNOW
How Freddie Mercury’s death changed AIDS perceptions
On this day in 1991, Freddie Mercury died of bronchial pneumonia, a complication resulting from AIDS. At the time of his death, Mercury was the most famous person to succumb to the deadly disease…