Category: Around the World
An Idaho event dubbed “Hetero Awesome Fest” wrapped up in chaos over the weekend, drawing headlines for all the wrong reasons: low attendance, an on-stage altercation, and a racism scandal involving one of its speakers. Held in Cecil D. Andrus Park in downtown Boise across June 20 and 21, organiser Mark Fitzpatrick billed the gathering […]
Atlanta police have arrested several teenagers following the destruction of Pride flags outside Blake’s on the Park, a landmark gay bar in the city’s Midtown district. The incident occurred early Tuesday morning and has been described as a potential hate crime. Surveillance footage captured around 1:40 a.m. shows six males—some riding motorised scooters—cutting up rainbow […]
Chicago could soon make history by becoming the first city in the United States to feature a gay bar inside an airport. The concept was proposed by restaurateur Germán González, who pitched the idea of bringing the beloved local queer venue Sidetracks to O’Hare International Airport. González shared the vision with Sidetracks’ co-owners, Art Johnston […]
Pornhub has released its annual Pride Month insights, unveiling the latest in global gay porn viewing trends — and this year, the top spot in the US has changed hands. While “twinks” — referring to youthful, slim, and mostly hairless men — held the title for most-searched gay category in Pornhub’s annual year-in-review last December, […]
Visitors to New York’s Stonewall National Monument have been leaving transgender Pride flags in defiance of a directive from the Trump administration allowing only the traditional six-stripe rainbow flag to be flown for Pride Month. The monument, which honours the pivotal 1969 Stonewall riots—widely seen as the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement—was designated […]
US Vice President JD Vance has quickly found notoriety on Bluesky, becoming the most blocked user in the platform’s history just days after joining. The 40-year-old Republican made his entrance onto the social media site — a growing alternative to X — by sharing a controversial excerpt from the US Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding […]
Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine has added bipartisan weight to new legislation aimed at banning discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans in federal jury selection. She joins Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire in co-sponsoring the Jury ACCESS Act, marking a renewed effort to close a key civil rights gap. The bill, formally titled the […]
In a bizarre but revealing twist of open-source intelligence, a social media account is using pizza delivery patterns and gay bar foot traffic in Washington, D.C., to forecast Pentagon military activity, including recent strikes in the Middle East. The account, Pentagon Pizza Report (@PenPizzaReport), has gained attention for its unusual yet surprisingly accurate method: tracking […]