ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1777, PRUSSIAN military officer Baron Frederich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived in America with his French live-in secretary and interpreter, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau. Von Steuben had been summoned by Benjamin Franklin to train the Continental Army, at a time when…
More than one-third of President Donald Trump’s circuit court nominees have a documented history of bias against LGBT people, according to a sweeping new report that illustrates how the president’s disregard of judges’ ratings as well as conservatives’ efforts to…
Veteran diplomat Robert Gilchrist, who is gay, has been confirmed as ambassador to the conservative nation of Lithuania. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote, and Gilchrist posted on Twitter Thursday about his confirmation. Although nominated by Donald Trump, Gilchrist has…
A Utah fifth-grader — whose substitute teacher made national headlines for telling him he should not be thankful to be adopted by his gay dads — has spoken out publicly for the first time since the antigay rant. Daniel van Amstel, 11, appeared on…
Washington D.C. residents are rallying around a local taco shop that has been targeted by threatening calls from anonymous homophobes and white supremacists. Anna Bran-Leis, the owner of Taqueria Del Barrio in the Petworth neighborhood says her business has received…
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has made banning conversion therapy for minors a “top priority”, but right-wing Christians have said this will lead to Christianity becoming illegal. In a letter to the country’s justice secretary last week, Trudeau listed a number of…
The European Parliament has finally taken a stand against rising state-backed homophobia in Poland, where more than 80 towns have declared themselves “LGBTQ-free zones” amid a heated culture war over gay rights. MEPs voted by 463 votes to 107 Wednesday in favor of a…
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