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a lesbian congresswoman lost her senate race and has applied, on the radio, to run the wnba. honestly? hire her.
Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota, who lost the 2026 DFL Senate primary to Peggy Flanagan and leaves Congress in January, told WCCO radio on Oct. 2 and the Minnesota Star Tribune that the open WNBA commissioner job, vacated by Cathy...
a heated rivalry star paid full price for a cree designer's cardigan. it sold $12,000 in an hour. this is the assignment.
Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams wore the Journey knit cardigan by Justin Jacob Louis, a Samson Cree Nation designer who founded the Indigenous streetwear label Section 35, at a New York event on Sept. 30, 2026, Canada's National Day for...
tom daley did drag for the first time and his husband's review was "i'm straight now." dustin, same.
Olympic diver Tom Daley got his first full drag makeover from Drag Race star Plastique Tiara in an episode of her YouTube series Plastique's Beauty Bar, posted on Oct. 4, 2026. He wore a mint gown he made himself, and...
sophia bush and ashlyn harris got married over a year ago and simply didn't tell us. rude. gorgeous, but rude.
Actor Sophia Bush and former USWNT goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris are married. Bush revealed it in a Vogue exclusive on Sept. 30, 2026, including an excerpt from her memoir And I Will Tell You Mine, out Oct. 27: the couple wed...
the gay hockey show's fictional charity is a real one now. we're fine. we're totally fine.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, Heated Rivalry executive producers Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady, through their Toronto company Accent Aigu Entertainment, launched the Irina Foundation, a fund for sports and arts programs serving LGBTQIA2S+ and underserved communities. It is named...
a japanese volleyball player just came out as gay, and he says his superstar little brother is the reason. we're fine. we're totally fine.
Rui Takahashi, a 26-year-old volleyball player for Suntory Sunbirds Osaka in Japan's SV.League and the older brother of national-team star Ran Takahashi, came out as gay in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. He wrote that conversations with...
two thirds of a grammy-winning queer band kissed on the jumbotron wednesday. by thursday night the band was back together.
Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker of boygenius were shown kissing on the jumbotron at a New York Liberty game at Barclays Center on Sept. 23, 2026, and the next night joined Phoebe Bridgers on the same arena's stage to perform...
two people made grindr accounts to embarrass a gay politician. which means two people made grindr accounts.
Paul O'Neill, a Labour council member for North Heywood in Rochdale, England, responded on Facebook on Sept. 23, 2026, after two people shared screenshots of his Grindr profile on social media, writing that he is "not remotely ashamed to have...
a pop star was pregnant, hormonal and watching the gay hockey show. her son is named ilya.
Carly Rae Jepsen told People in an interview published Sept. 24, 2026, that the name of her son, Ilya Blue, born in March to Jepsen and her husband, producer Cole M.G.N., was inspired by Connor Storrie's character Ilya Rozanov in...
the netherlands' first gay prime minister came to new york for the un and spent an evening drinking a beer at stonewall
Rob Jetten, the first openly gay prime minister of the Netherlands, visited the Stonewall Inn in New York's West Village this week while in the city for the United Nations General Assembly. He had a beer, was applauded by patrons,...
a closeted 14-year-old watched ian mckellen on stage in perth. now gandalf narrates his gay disco video.
Troye Sivan released 'Party' on September 17, 2026, the second single from his fourth album She's the Best, which is out October 9. The track samples Madonna's 2000 hit 'Music' and features Sivan's brother Tyde Levi, their first collaboration. The...
los angeles and san francisco are playing for the first title in women's pro baseball, which tracks
The Women's Pro Baseball League plays Game 1 of its first championship series tonight in Springfield, Illinois: the Los Angeles Queens against the San Francisco Firebells, best of five. A team called the Queens is two wins from the trophy.
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