• Trump is using clips of Kubrick's anti-war 'Full Metal Jacket' to pitch his ideal military at rallies

    Trump is using clips of Kubrick's anti-war 'Full Metal Jacket' to pitch his ideal military at rallies

    Oct 14, 2024 10:22 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is embracing perhaps Hollywood's most memorable drill sergeant to portray his vision of a hardened military and mock the Biden administration's embrace of the LGBTQ+ community serving openly. Trump's recent rallies have featured a video with clips of R. Lee Ermey as Marine ...

  • A new Supreme Court term begins in the shadow of a presidential election

    A new Supreme Court term begins in the shadow of a presidential election

    Oct 07, 2024 05:42 PM EST

    ... Ohio Dept. of Youth Services) that she was denied a promotion because she is heterosexual and her former boss, a gay woman, instead advanced two LGBTQ+ people. Marlean Ames, an Ohio government employee, challenges a court-imposed requirement that “majority” Americans raising discrimination claims must demonstrate “background circumstances,” such as ...

  • Brazil's trailblazing transgender candidates face violence and death threats as they campaign

    Brazil's trailblazing transgender candidates face violence and death threats as they campaign

    Oct 05, 2024 04:59 PM EST

    ... home in Rio de Janeiro’s metro area and warnings that she would suffer the same fate as city councilwoman Marielle Franco, a champion for LGBTQ+ rights who was gunned down in 2018. That threat prompted the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to demand that Brazil provide Briolly protection ...

  • Wrapping up Belgium visit, Pope doubles down on his views and calls abortion doctors 'hitmen'

    Wrapping up Belgium visit, Pope doubles down on his views and calls abortion doctors 'hitmen'

    Sep 29, 2024 05:14 PM EST

    ... it wants to regain credibility and relevance. Luc Sels suggested that opening up greater roles for women — including the priesthood — and being more welcoming to LGBTQ+ Catholics would be a good place to start. Francis heard a similar call from the French-speaking campus, where students staged a reading of ...

  • Texas ban on youth gender-affirming medical care pushes family to cross state lines

    Texas ban on youth gender-affirming medical care pushes family to cross state lines

    Sep 25, 2024 10:25 PM EST

    ... days I went hungry so my kid could eat. Laura Barron-Lopez: Mia ultimately connected with the Campaign for Southern Equality, a nonprofit focused on LGBTQ rights. Its Trans Youth Emergency Project helps families cover the costs of travel for out-of-state treatment. Mia got Rhyan an appointment at ...

  • WATCH: Harris condemns Trump's rhetoric in National Association of Black Journalists interview

    WATCH: Harris condemns Trump's rhetoric in National Association of Black Journalists interview

    Sep 17, 2024 03:47 PM EST

    ... blueprint for the next Republican administration and a GOP-led efforts to restrict abortion access. “Not everybody has Secret Service," she said. “Members of the LGBTQ community don’t feel safe right now, immigrants or people with an immigrant background don’t feel safe right now. Women don’t feel ...

  • WATCH: How one housing center can foster belonging for residents as they age

    WATCH: How one housing center can foster belonging for residents as they age

    Sep 16, 2024 07:48 PM EST

    Older adults are less likely to share their LGBTQ+ identities with care providers than younger generations, and their silence can compromise physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being. But in a growing number of places like the Chicago residential center H.O.M.E, people such as retired social worker ...

  • Who won at the Emmys? 'Shogun,' 'Hacks,' 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' lead in trophies

    Who won at the Emmys? 'Shogun,' 'Hacks,' 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' lead in trophies

    Sep 16, 2024 01:59 PM EST

    ... producer and writer on shows including “Dawson's Creek” and “Everwood,” received the Television Academy's Governors Award for his career-long contributions to improving LGBTQ visibility on television. He talked about a childhood when there was little such visibility. “There wasn’t a lot of gay characters on television ...

  • One button at a time, Beau McCall makes his mark on the art world

    One button at a time, Beau McCall makes his mark on the art world

    Sep 13, 2024 10:20 PM EST

    ... and darling of the Harlem Institute of Fashion, all at a time, says Souleo, when McCall used his work to both bolster and document an LGBTQ community marginalized by the AIDS crisis. He designed disco-wear and assembled collages of his friends frolicking. Souleo: And so you see how his ...

  • What to know about the Violence Against Women Act as the landmark law turns 30

    What to know about the Violence Against Women Act as the landmark law turns 30

    Sep 13, 2024 08:01 PM EST

    ... violence, including housing and immigration protections. Improved protections for victims of dating violence and stalking in a 2000 expansion of the law. In a 2022 reauthorization, it also: Increased services for LGBTQ+ survivors, who are traditionally underserved. Empowered tribal courts to prosecute non-Native perpetrators of domestic and sexual crimes.