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Gay Colorado governor announces he is engaged to partner

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is engaged to First Gentleman Marlon Reis according to the state’s governor’s office. The two, who are parents to two children, were engaged back in December. The news has only just now been made public, similar…

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Grindr is getting its own TV show. Yes, really

LGBT+ dating app Grindr is getting its own original scripted TV show, which is set to air this fall. Bridesman will be a new scripted comedy series following a gay bridesman as he undermines his best friend’s wedding. Each episode…

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Effort on to vaccinate California’s enormous LGBT population

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ organization, is ramping up efforts to vaccinate the Golden State’s queer population against COVID-19, acknowledging the demographic is more at risk than others for hospitalization and death from the disease…

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Lesbian minister announces run against far-right Cawthorn

North Carolina is set for quite an exciting congressional run next year when LGBTQ+ activist Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara of Asheville will challenge far-right hatemonger Madison Cawthorn for his 11th District congressional seat. “Some people will say a gay woman who’s…

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Mississippi and South Dakota send anti-LGBT bills to governors

Anti-LGBTQ+ bills are headed to two governors for their signatures, marking the first pieces of homophobic or transphobic legislation passed by both chambers of a state legislature this year. Such bills have been passed by just one chamber in several…

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Sarah McBride might be our most inspiring elected official

It’s early January, and Sarah McBride is sitting at a desk in her parents’ house in Delaware. A “Sarah McBride for State Senate” yard sign is wedged between a bookshelf and the wall — already a relic from the election she…

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Why some LGBT Americans prefer rural life to ‘gayborhoods’

Pop portrayals of LGBTQ Americans tend to feature urban gay life, from Ru Paul’s “Drag Race” and “Queer Eye” and “Pose.” But not all gay people live in cities. Demographers estimate that 15% to 20% of the United States’ total LGBTQ population…