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Screenshot/Twitter Personalities and stars like Niecy Nash and Lil Nas X have shown out so far, while political figures and famous families from AOC to the Buttigiegs joined in on the festivities, too. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/heres-best-costumes-celebrities-politicians-halloweekend-2021/

US Department of Agriculture The longtime lawmaker reflects on coming out, regrets removing trans people out of non-discrimination legislation, and becoming the first member of Congress to marry a same-sex partner. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/will-supreme-court-overturn-marriage-equality-barney-frank-doesnt-think/

Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com "We had our 11th Anniversary in October," the actor and ex-Obama appointee revealed. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/kal-penn-comes-announces-engagement-tell-memoir/

South Florida Gay News When visitors stopped walking in the doors due to the pandemic, this enterprising museum decided to take their exhibits to people's homes. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/lgbtq-history-museum-finds-silver-lining-pandemic-pivot-virtual-exhibits/

Shutterstock Political leaders recognized by Time included President Biden, Vice President Harris, former President Trump and Tucker Carlson. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/dolly-parton-bowen-yang-lil-nas-x-headline-times-100-influential-people-list/

Screenshot/MSNBC Graham issued a statement claiming he and his organizations "love gay people," before adding, “anyone who repents can be forgiven.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/franklin-graham-claims-declaration-hes-anti-lgbtq-simply-not-true/

Shutterstock Victor Orbán's erosion of democracy is the exact playbook that conservatives in America want to enact. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/right-wing-america-looking-authoritarian-anti-lgbtq-government-hungary/

Shutterstock The "operating system" is meant for "changing your DNA," one Trump-endorsed network host claims. "You will never be the same person that you were before you got vaccinated," he claims. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/covid-19-vaccine-really-operating-system-according-far-right-televangelist/

Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock "It’s not about Dave [Chappelle]. It’s about trying to change the culture and having an impact for others," an attorney representing the two said. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/trans-netflix-employees-file-grievance-accusing-company-retaliating/

Screenshot/Facebook Meanwhile, his eldest son Josh, who he allegedly protected from punishment before, facing a trial for federal child pornography charges. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/evangelical-reality-star-jim-bob-duggar-announces-run-office-arkansas/

Erika Nizborski Waters' collaborator and trans activist Elizabeth Coffey was the restroom's first "user." “Can you think of anything any more elementary than just going to the bathroom?” she said. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/john-waters-unveils-gender-restrooms-named-art-museum/

Bill Pope collection; California Historical Society Hundreds of photos have been discovered - and digitizing them is a priority. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/snapshots-discovered-historical-society-archives-showcase-queer-life-1970s-san-francisco/

Sarah Leonardi While the restaurant's food items have slightly risque names and drag queens perform, it is primarily a restaurant and becomes a bar in the evening - long after school has been dismissed. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/florida-elementary-school-slammed-taking-kids-field-trip-gay-bar-grill/

Screenshot A gay student was telling a committee about bullying in school. An enraged parent decided to prove the teen's point. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/screaming-unhinged-parent-accuses-bullied-gay-student-indoctrination/

Screenshot The candy bar's advertisement is spawning outrage online from conservatives who are scared of the spot's inclusive message. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/twixs-halloween-commercial-outraged-conservatives-howling-like-banshee/

“We recognized early on that our mission and purpose as a united team was to connect people with history and heritage that has long been hidden, silenced, and erased." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/michail-takach-chronicles-wisconsins-lgbtq-history-2021-lgbtq-nation-hometown-hero/

via HRC Jo Acker rushed a man who was shooting up a mall. "She was helping people be safe and get out of the way and they shot at her." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/trans-woman-dies-trying-protect-others-idaho-mall-shooting/

Shutterstock A GOP lawmaker texted her boss after she tweeted about Pence. Her boss said he would "deal with it." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/teacher-fired-calling-mike-pences-little-demon-mouth-now-shes-suing/

Screenshot Paul Kendall was treated as a "thought leader" among anti-maskers who cheered as he called a gay politician a "c**ksucker." Now he's "a victim of the global elite." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/anti-mask-gop-activist-called-gay-lawmaker-cksucker-public-meeting-dying-covid/

Shutterstock He was forced out as the Vatican's top diplomat to the United States when he brought an anti-LGBTQ extremist to meet the Pope without warning and then leaked it to the press as if the pontiff supported her actions. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/catholic-archbishop-pens-unhinged-letter-nuttiest-vaccine-conspiracy-theory-yet/

YouTube screengrab Given his own baggage, you'd think the right-wing Congressman would think twice about alleging someone else was lying. He did not. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/madison-cawthorn-probably-regrets-asking-really-stupid-question-twitter/

Shutterstock The fact so few people receive LGBTQ sex ed hurts everyone, especially kids who grew up like me. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/asexual-story-exactly-lgbtq-inclusive-sex-ed-required-schools/

Shutterstock The church employs hundreds of priests "trained" in demonic possession. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/vatican-tells-exorcist-priests-stop-trying-cast-covid-19/

Twitter The president of Liberty University appears to have said he violated tax law for 30 years in his battles with "the homosexual community," and he's not stopping now. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/liberty-university-lose-tax-exempt-status-president-busted-admitting-crimes/

Shutterstock "State Department is turning the American passport into a farce, not to mention flaunting God," Franklin Graham ranted after the government announced it would use an X marker for intersex and nonbinary people. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/evangelical-leader-demands-foreign-nations-refuse-entry-americans-gender-neutral-passports/

Photo via Tee A. Corinne papers, Coll 263, University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives One of her books was denounced on the floor of Congress, but in the queer community Tee Corinne was a master of her craft. Now the wider world is starting to celebrate her too. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/obscure-famous-artist-photographer-lesbian-sexuality/

Screenshot Marriage equality and transgender people are "plagues" on society, Virginia Rep. Bob Goode insisted. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/gop-congressman-blames-sex-marriage-everything-plagues-society/

Official White House Photo by Erin Scott Jen Psaki literally does not have time for this nonsense. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/jen-psaki-shuts-christian-reporter-compared-abortion-hiring-hitman/

Screenshot The Day of the Dead ad for Doritos brings a lot more to the Mexican holiday than just flavor. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/doritos-ad-surprise-gay-twist-goes-viral/

Shutterstock Republicans complained that law enforcement is "intimidating" angry conservative parents by investigating threats of school shootings and other violence. Cory Booker wasn't having it. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/cory-booker-slams-republicans-excusing-violence-death-threats-school-board-members/

Shutterstock The Texas lawmaker said books about gay penguins cause students "psychological distress." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/gop-lawmaker-demands-schools-tell-books-racism-lgbtq-people/

Twitter/@superhappyfunamerica Milo was invited by a student group that wants to "discuss" conversion therapy on campus. Administrators say they can't stop him. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/milo-yiannopoulos-give-pray-gay-away-speech-penn-state-university/

screenshot The BBC article cited an absurd "study" by an anti-LGBTQ organization to claim that most lesbians are being pressured to have sex with trans women so much that some can't say no. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/bbc-getting-slammed-article-claiming-trans-women-rape-lesbians/

Screenshot/MTV Lil Nas X's father does not tolerate any homophobia. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/lil-nas-xs-amazing-dad-shut-homophobic-rapper-insulted-son/

Screenshot Marjorie Taylor Greene has already lost money investing in Trump's new social media platform. "Trump has the leverage, not" investors, experts warn. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/donald-trump-scam-marjorie-taylor-greene-thousands-dollars/

Groundbreaking trans triathlete Chris Mosier talks with pioneering trans runner CeCé Telfer about the challenges Telfer faces on and off the track. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/sports-world-finally-catching-greatness-chris-mosier-cece-telfer/

Screenshot The elected official posted a picture in blackface to social media and compared himself to Dave Chappelle because neither man is "worried about hurting someone's feelings." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/councilman-defends-wearing-blackface-comparing-dave-chappelles-comedy/

Shutterstock "People do not always fit within a male or a female designation," so having another gender option on passports allows non-binary people to "live with greater dignity and respect." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/u-s-issues-first-passport-non-binary-x-gender-marker-historic-move/

Screenshot/CSPAN Rep. Virginia Foxx is voting against the bill because it includes LGBTQ protections, but that didn't stop her from blaming domestic violence increases in 2020 on "President Biden's failed economic policies." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/republican-blames-joe-biden-domestic-violence-voting-domestic-violence-bill/

screenshot Caitlyn Jenner said criticism of Dave Chappelle is "woke cancel culture run amok." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/caitlyn-jenner-defends-dave-chappelle-100-right-must-never-yield/

Screenshot "Oddly enough, I feel so like myself right now," she said, dressed as a scary clown for Halloween. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/jojo-siwa-represents-queer-people-dressing-pennywise-getting-perfect-dwts-score/

Screenshot While recent ads have tried to pull heartstrings with queer families, children, and wedding rings, the website CarGurus went in a completely different direction. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/ad-called-gayest-commercial-2021/

Shutterstock President Jair Bolsonaro claimed he read a report that fully vaccinated people are developing AIDS, but he hasn't said where the report is or who wrote it - because it doesn't exist. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/brazils-anti-lgbtq-president-claims-covid-19-vaccines-cause-aids/

Screenshot Everyone hates this lesbian skin bleaching ad. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/ad-implies-skin-bleaching-cream-will-lead-acceptance-lesbians/

Screenshot/YouTube "Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/rachel-maddow-laughs-white-supremacists-whining-money-woes-charlottesville-trial/

Courtesy Collection, Alice Austen House It's been a long time coming, but officials at the Alice Austen House have thrown open the closet door, now fully embracing the lesbian photographer who lived in the house with her longtime partner, Gertrude Tate. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/dont-people-know-alice-austen/

"We recognize the voices of intersex people around the world," the Department of State said in a statement, recognizing "the human rights of intersex persons." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/biden-administration-recognizes-intersex-awareness-day/

Twitter/Greg Abbott Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to target transgender kids “every single session that we have.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/texas-governor-signs-new-law-targeting-transgender-youth-suicide-hotline-calls-soar/

Netflix screenshot Dave Chappelle claimed he beat up a butch lesbian in his controversial Netflix special, which he defended by mocking lesbian comic Hannah Gadsby. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/dave-chappelle-attacks-hannah-gadsby-defend-transphobic-comments-bizarre-rant/

Screenshot As his glasses went skittering across the floor, other customers yelled at him to get out. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/anti-masker-threatens-restaurant-employee-hes-one-gets-punched-face-instead/