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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/

Shutterstock The trail behind Ghana’s "death to gays" bill leads back to American evangelical groups that have been shoveling cash to Republican politicians while writing draconian bills for African countries. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/republican-backers-ghostwrote-bill-punish-homosexuality-death-ghana/

Shutterstock Liberty University's policy that bans LGBTQ people is being used to silence rape victims as well. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/christian-university-accused-systematically-covering-rape-threatening-victims/

Shutterstock Students are "beyond livid" at the superintendent's decision to yank the play because a character may be gay. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/ohio-high-school-cancels-annual-play-minister-complains-gay-character/

Screenshot "There is nothing pure or natural about homosexuality," the group raged about the LGBTQ-inclusive organic mattress ad. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/conservative-christians-outraged-sweet-mattress-ad-shows-lesbian-gay-couples/

Screenshot, NBC News The school is punishing boys and non-binary students - but not girls - for having long hair, saying their haircut policy "reflects the values of our community at large." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/texas-school-suspended-male-non-binary-students-long-hair-theyre-suing/

Screenshot “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/angela-davis-americas-famous-living-revolutionary-shes-also-lesbian/

Kathy Hutchins via Shutterstock The idiot deserved it. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/kathy-griffin-slams-protestor-called-vaccine-mandates-gay/

Screenshot His account would be restored if he deleted the offensive tweet, but Jim Banks is doubling down on hate speech. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/twitter-suspends-gop-congressmans-account-hate-speech-vile-attack-trans-woman/

Shutterstock "Are we still arguing about gay marriage? Really? I thought that ship had sailed." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/barack-obama-slams-republicans-keep-attacking-marriage-equality/

Screenshot/Jim Lambert via Shutterstock Two key planners are talking to investigators and accusing several top anti-LGBTQ Republicans of helping plan the violent attack on democracy. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/marjorie-taylor-greene-lauren-boebert-accused-helping-plan-capitol-insurrection/

Screenshot/WPSD-TV A survey was produced by a few students and a parent calling themselves the school's "Anti Queer Association." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/survey-goes-around-high-school-asking-queers-use-normal-people-bathroom/

Jennifer Litton Tidd Four years after Charlottesville, bullies bought together entirely by the hatred of people remains too common in North Virginia. Now that children, educators, and even librarians aren't even off limits, who is safe? source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/will-next-charlottesville-start-suburban-school-board-meetings/

Shutterstock Sites like Gab and CloutHub created a sealed world of conspiracies, misinformation and hatred for their Christian followers. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/right-wing-christians-creating-parallel-universe-social-media/

Screenshot/NBC On "Mellen," viewers can expect to see "no holds barred" entertainment for men, like NBA star Kyrie Irving unknowingly getting vaccinated and NHL mascot Gritty following people into bathrooms. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/snl-makes-perfect-masculine-version-ellens-daytime-show/

Screenshot/Fox News As usual, the right went berserk at any statement made on FOX that was actually rooted in fact and evidence. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/chris-wallace-sends-conservatives-frenzy-praising-jen-psaki/

State Rep. James White has just opened the door for Texas's Attorney General to decide whether the Supreme Court's ruling making marriage equality the law of the land has to be "recognized" by Texas citizens. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/lawmaker-wants-texas-allow-people-option-not-recognize-marriage-equality/

Shutterstock There's no legal barrier to the former President becoming Speaker of the House, and as long as Republicans are willing to cave to his whims... source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/45-replace-nancy-pelosi-become-speaker-trump-gop-wouldnt-mind/

YouTube screenshot "STOP TROLLING ME," Boosie Badazz begged on Twitter, claiming "NOBODY WANTS U HERE." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/homophobic-rapper-tells-lil-nas-x-commit-suicide-homophobic-rant/

Kate Magee Joyce Virginia's Republican, Trump-endorsed candidate for governor finally mustered the courage to answer the question after previously dodging the topic. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/glenn-youngkin-finally-admits-opposes-marriage-equality-although-loves-everyone/

Official White House Photo by Erin Scott "This is something men and women should have. They should have this time to bond with their children. [We're] not going to apologize... for that from here," Psaki told a far-right network's reporter. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/jen-psaki-shuts-right-wing-attempt-attack-pete-buttigieg-maternity-leave/

Shutterstock The department's official policy is to not "advocate for or against same-sex marriage overseas." source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/dems-demand-biden-lift-order-forbidding-embassy-staff-talking-sex-marriage/

Jacob Schermerhorn "We’re giving the youth tools that communities never give to queer and trans youth," said Charles. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/cody-charles-started-queer-youth-center-kansas-2021-lgbtq-nation-hometown-hero/

Shutterstock Putin knows a thing or two about crimes against humanity and cancelling others — he's been doing both for years. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/authoritarian-thug-putin-thinks-transgender-rights-crime-humanity/

The Gender Spectrum Collection There has been a 9 to 14 percent increase in people who oppose trans people in sports teams and bathrooms. However, knowing a trans person makes others 20 percent less likely to support anti-trans laws. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/support-anti-trans-laws-increased-trans-people-can-reverse-coming/

Composite Far-right Ohio Republican John Mandel's spokesperson says he doesn't remember the photo being taken. But it was. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/gop-candidate-mocked-trans-women-online-internet-dug-photo-bra-wig/

Shutterstock There's a solution to the issue and it's obvious. It's solidarity. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/billionaires-funding-anti-lgbtq-causes-also-waging-war-workers-rights/

Screenshot Many were quick to defend Levine, including Rep. Don Beyer, who didn't shy away from telling Boebert how he really feels about her. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/lauren-boebert-mocked-admiral-rachel-levine-quickly-got-schooled-twitter/

Gage Skidmore Five of her advisors quit this week, saying her recent actions have made it impossible to continue. And now her fellow queer legislators are turning against her. source https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/kyrsten-sinema-really-bad-week-even-congress-members-condemning-now/