The number of queer bars is declining nationwide according to a new study examining the effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on U.S. LGBTQ spaces. The study’s author, Greggor Mattson, a professor of Sociology at Oberlin College who also curates the…
State Farm previously encouraged agents to donate books to Florida schools promoting acceptance of LGBTQ+ youth. After right-wing backlash, State Farm Insurance discontinued any relationship with a project supporting the acceptance of LGBTQ+ youth. As part of a partnership with…
As access to abortion and gender-affirming care dwindles across the United States, coffee megachain Starbucks has offered to cover employees’ costs for travel if needed to obtain trans-related health care…
Grindr is going public. The gay dating and hookup app announced it has entered into an agreement with Tiga Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company. The two companies have agreed to merge under the name Grindr Inc. in a deal…
Two of Russia’s top courts have fined TikTok and Facebook parent company Meta for so-called “LGBT+ propaganda”. The Magistrate Court of the Taganka district in Moscow fined Meta, which also owns Instagram, 4 million rubles (£42,900) for refusing to take down content…
Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to prohibit the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown on the corporate flagpole outside its offices during Pride month in June, prompting a furious backlash from Houston-based employees. Exxon updated company guidance on what flags can be…
Charlie Sprinkman traveled to 42 of the 50 states for work as a representative of an organic beverage company in 2019 and kept Googling “queer hangouts here” when he would arrive in a new town. But he would often come up empty…
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