(WB) Pete Buttigieg, who made waves in the 2020 election before dropping out and endorsing Joe Biden, has obtained the nod from the president-elect to become the first openly gay person to obtain Senate confirmation for a Cabinet-level role, the Washington Blade has confirmed.

An unidentified source has toldLGBTQ News that Caitlin Jenner, former Olympian and transgender reality television star, has been invited to Donald Trump’s Presidential inauguration.

(EDGE) The bizarre case of the gay Indiana church organist who admitted to painting pro-Trump, anti-semitic and anti-gay graffiti on the church where he works, took an interesting turn last week. Although he has been dismissed from his position, officials from St. David's Episcopal Church have offered the troubled 26-year-old organist turned vandal "a path to reconciliation and possible future re-employment."

(WB) Hillary Clinton lambasted President Trump on Thursday evening for actions his administration has taken against LGBT rights as the 100-day mark of his time in office approaches, saying gains made by the LGBT community “may not be as a secure as we once expected.”

(AP) With the cloud of an FBI investigation lifted, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump struck strikingly different tones as they moved into the final hours of a volatile, nearly two-year-long presidential campaign.

(CNN) A somber Hillary Clinton made her concession speech Wednesday, telling supporters and campaign staff members in New York City that she was proud of their effort and pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump.

Hillary confident, while opponent meanders

As the U.S. Presidential campaign enters the summer season, both major political parties are turning their attention to the national conventions.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Monday that LGBT people should support his proposal to ban Muslims from the U.S. because Islamic groups promote violence against gays.

(EDGE) A coalition of 115 groups that includes numerous LGBTQ rights and HIV/AIDS service organizations sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee on Monday expressing opposition to the Graham-Cassidy bill that many fear will take healthcare away from millions of Americans, including LGBTQ individuals and those living with HIV/AIDS.

Imagine the sound and vibration of an old-fashioned electric heater going through your whole body. Imagine gasping for air with every step you take. Imagine rubbing Icy Hot all over your head to soothe a painful headache. Imagine your eyes in a bowl of water while you’re still seeing through them. Imagine collapsing and waking up in the ER only to find out COVID-19 attacked your central nervous system, and the doctor had just saved you from a stroke.

We hear the chanting. We hear the rhetoric. We are beginning to realize the need and the importance. We are beginning to understand that to do nothing is no longer an option. The problem is on the rise. The invaders are causing havoc and destruction. The chanting is growing louder and louder, Build the Wall, Build the Wall. 

Congratulations! Up until now, it has been surprisingly easy to get to this point and I'm sure your ego is extremely happy.  You are entitled to enjoy your fifteen minutes of elation.

When I was speaking Los Angeles recently calling on President Donald Trump to keep his pledge to respect state’s rights on the question of medicinal marijuana I was interviewed by a local blogger named Jeff4Justice. I should have sensed a ringer when his first three questions were disjointed and benign but then he unloaded his "gotcha question" asking about my sexual orientation. “Are you bi-sexual?” he barked.

On August 20th, Donald Trump visited Fredericksburg, Virginia. My mother and sister were verbally assaulted. “Go fuck yourselves!” men screamed at them as they stood outside peacefully with an anti-racism sign. Obscene gestures and shouts of “Idiots!” and “Go home!” from car windows. The latter was possibly a racist attack on my Latina sister. “Build that wall!” most certainly was.

Most of us growing up were taught that American democracy, our institutions, and our shared values had somewhat of a sacred character. Americans, no matter if you were Conservative, Liberal, Republican, Democrat, Catholic, Protestant, White, Black, Hispanic, Male, Female, no matter your background, we were all still part of a special place called the United States of America.

Jim Fahy was tragically killed before the parade at this year’s Stonewall Street Festival in Wilton Manors. 

114 members of Congress pushed for evidence from President Donald Trump that he has support from head military officials on his ban of transgender military members.

While the “Don’t Say Gay” bill has gotten the lion's share of media coverage and public scrutiny this legislative season, it’s not the only anti-LGBT bill that threatens to erase the queer community in schools. 

Nine Democrats and one Republican in the Electoral College sent a request to James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, asking for information on the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to Pink News. 

(WB) Ellen DeGeneres won’t be inviting President Donald Trump to be a guest on her show.

(EDGE) Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization dedicated solely to securing full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Texans, issued a statement regarding the Trump Administration's move to end DACA. 

(WB) Faced with the Trump campaign’s attempt at LGBT outreach — an unprecedented effort from a Republican presidential nominee, especially from an incumbent who has built an anti-LGBT record — LGBT advocacy groups say they’re staying the course in their efforts to expose the real President Trump.

(WB) The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order on Friday blocking, in its entirety, a Trump administration rule that would have made it virtually impossible for all refugees, including those who are LGBT or living with HIV, to secure asylum in the United States. The rule was set to go into effect on Jan. 11.

This week read about a rally against LGBT rights held in Senegal, and a bill that would have allowed gay marriages failing to pass its first legislative hurdle in Lithuania.

This week read about Kaitlyn Weaver coming out as queer, the online concert Roaring Rainbow raising money for organizations that support transgender children, and Michele Rayner-Goolsby hoping to become Florida’s first out woman in Congress.

This week read about Elliot Page sharing their experience of transitioning with Oprah, Elton John and other singers raising money for HIV/AIDS, and actress Hannah Gadsby marrying her producer Jenney Shamash.

This week read about ex-frat members terrorizing students in an LGBT safe house at a university in Pennsylvania, and New York Pride un-banning cops then re-banning them from participating in the parade.

This week read about LGBT couples receiving state benefits after years of discrimination in Alaska, and students protesting against the university's anti-LGBT policies in Washington.

This week read Japan's bill falling short of adding protections to the LGBT community, and Ken Haire winning his pension case after claiming discrimination by CN Rail in Canada.