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GOP's fave alleged gay porn star in Project 2025

Corey DeAngelis is listed as a contributor in the more than 900-page document. He also reportedly pleasured himself on camera while in the presence of other men.

Taraji P. Henson called out Republicans' Project 2025 — what is it & should queer folks be scared?

If you're not paying attention, now is definitely the time to start.

Arkansas School Official Calls for Death of Gays on His FB: Keeps His Job?

After Arkansas school board member Clint McCance advocated on Facebook for the suicide of gay people, the Arkansas Department of Education condemned his comments, but said it may be impossible for him to be removed from office. “In Arkansas law, the only way to recall a school board member is over a felony [committed by him or her] or absentee issues,” said Julie Johnson Thompson, the director of communications for the Arkansas Department of Education in Little Rock. McCance wrote on Spirit Day that he would only wear purple if all queers killed themselves. 

Harlem School Administrators Face Firing for Engaging in Intimate Conduct at School

Two female high school administrators in Harlem, N.Y., face possible firing for engaging in a relationship. Academy for Social Action principal Crystal Simmons and assistant principal Candy Jones "engaged in intimate conduct in the school during school hours," according to a report conducted by the city's Department of Education and released Friday.

Task Force for LGBT Suicide Prevention Forms

The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention is creating a new task force to handle suicide prevention efforts among LGBT youths, the group announced Thursday. Leaders of the task force will be Kevin Jennings, who heads the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, and Charles Robbins, executive director of the Trevor Project.

PFLAG and GLSEN Launch Claim Your Rights Campaign to Report LGBT Youth Bullying

Advocacy groups have always inhabited a distinct place in society for being a resource when something needed to change for the betterment of a community or communities. It has just been announced that long-standing pro-rights group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) has partnered with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to build a supportive bridge for LGBT students to report harassment, bullying, discrimination, and any other uncomfortable experience having to do with their status as LGBT students to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Education Department.

Michelle Bachmann's Scripture-Based Screed to Iowans About Gay Marriage

Minnesota congresswoman and potential Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann delivered a fiery, Scripture-infused speech Monday in Iowa, where she said that marriage equality defied “5,000 recorded years of human history.” Politico reports on the speech from the Tea Party favorite to social conservatives at the Iowa Family Leader presidential lecture series. In addition to her comments about marriage, she called for abolishing the tax code, the Department of Education and labeled Planned Parenthood the “LensCrafters of big abortion.”

Teachers Fired Over Alleged Lesbian Tryst in Classroom Sue Education Dept.

Both New York City high school teachers fired over allegations that they had a same-sex tryst in a classroom have now filed lawsuits to get their jobs back. Cindy Mauro, who last week was let go from her job teaching French at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, has sued the city’s education department in hopes of being reinstated. Spanish teacher Alini Brito, who was fired earlier this month, sued about two weeks ago.

Gay Bashing Clint McCance In Office on School Board Until 2014

Arkansas's education department director Tom Kimbrell is losing faith in Facebook gay basher Clint McCance, who was reelected to a four-year term in September and is set to be in office until 2014. But Kimbrell stopped short of calling for his resignation." McCance was first elected to the Midland School Board in 2006 and assumed his position in 2007. He was reelected this year and will start his second term on January 1. Arkansas school board members cannot be recalled from office, and so the only way McCance would leave his position is through his own resignation.

Pete Buttigieg's husband ROASTS Libs of TikTok after attempt to tear him down​

It may not be hard to outsmart the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, but Chasten Buttigieg makes it look easy!

Antigay Arkansas School Official Clint McCance Has 'a Family to Consider' Video

The Arkansas school board member who advocated on Facebook for gays to kill themselves told the editor of the Arkansas Times he has yet to release a statement because he has family to consider. Clint McCance made headlines Tuesday when The Advocate reported on his Facebook message, protesting being asked to wear purple in honor of teens who have taken their lives by saying he’d wear the color “is if they all commit suicide.” He has yet to grant an interview, but spoke he briefly with Arkansas Times editor Max Brantley.

South Africa School Dorm Shuts Down After Lesbian Kiss

Education officials in South Africa are investigating reports that a girls' boarding school dorm expelled 27 students due to reported lesbian relationships. According to the BBC, two girls who were caught kissing in the dormitory reportedly said that other students were involved in lesbian relationships. The dorm houses 300 students and when confronted by school officials, the girls identified 25 other lesbian students.

Professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University Fired for Being Trans

A transgender professor was denied tenure and fired from Southeastern Oklahoma State University for her gender identity. Rachel Tudor, who is transgender, was told by the school's human resources department that she could only use the single-use handicapped restroom after she underwent gender reassignment surgery.

Mom of a Bullied Son Who Committed Suicide Sues the City

A New York woman whose seventh-grade son committed suicide a year ago after being bullied by schoolmates is suing the city, alleging nothing was done to stop the abuse. “No child should be afraid to go to school,” said Bergouhi Elissa, 36, of Queens, whose son, Elijah Mendez, was repeatedly taunted by students at Public School 84 despite more than 10 requests that administrators step in to help. “I believe that the school’s inaction brought about the death of my son.”

President Obama to Host White House Press Conference on Bullying

President Barack Obama will host a conference about bullying prevention at the White House next Thursday. Last fall, President Obama appeared in an “It Gets Better” video following a highly publicized series of LGBT teen suicides because of bullying.

This Betsy DeVos Drag Queen Has Us in Tears

Reason No. 999,999,999 why Seattle queens kill.

What Does the Anti-Trans Memo Mean?

The denial of trans people's existence would marginalize them even further, in many ways—but we can keep it from happening.

Florida Censors William Shakespeare In Classrooms For Being Too Gay

Homophobia by any other name...

NY School Won't Allow Fifth-Grader to Read Award-Winning Marriage Equality Speech

A New York City fifth-grader who won a class competition with a speech endorsing marriage equality won’t be able to deliver it in the school-wide contest. The principal of P.S. 195 in Queens said Kameron Slade’s topic is inappropriate and this week told him to choose another one, according to Kameron’s mother, who declined to be identified further, online news channel NY1 reports.

30 HILARIOUS reactions to Trump torpedoing his own campaign with Elon Musk interview

These two egomaniacs sure are making Kamala Harris' job easier!