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the man known as the world's first openly gay MP came out in 1976 with his boyfriend in the room. 50 years later, he died with the same man beside him. Coos Huijsen, the Dutch politician who came out at his 1976 swearing-in to the Tweede Kamer and who, by his own account and his family's, was the world's first openly gay parliamentarian, died Oct. 19, 2026, at his home in... october 21 she came out at swarthmore in 1971, told students they could write in any of her nine languages, and has died at 93. we'd have taken the class. T. Kaori Kitao, a Swarthmore College art historian who taught there from 1966 to 2001 and was the college's first openly transgender faculty member, died Sept. 21, 2026, in New York City at 93, the college and the Philadelphia Inquirer... october 21 new zealand banned puberty blockers for trans kids, and a court froze it before it started. now a judge has thrown the whole thing out. shortest reign ever. On Oct. 21, 2026, Justice Dale La Hood of New Zealand's High Court declared the government's ban on new puberty blocker prescriptions for young people with gender dysphoria unlawful and set it aside, finding it discriminatory and made without proper... october 21 reneé rapp called being repulsed by penises "the most lesbian thing" about her. that was 14 months ago. the internet just heard it. pull up a chair. On an August 2025 episode of Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, Reneé Rapp said being "deeply repulsed" by penises was the most lesbian thing about her, citing her girlfriend Towa Bird. A clip of the exchange went viral on... october 21 trump called the lesbian judge blocking his golf course a "crazed lunatic." she says she's getting death threats now. over a golf course. On Oct. 19, 2026, President Trump called U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes a "crazed lunatic" on Truth Social over her order pausing work on the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington. At the end of a seven-hour hearing that day,... october 21 a "texas transgender student union" mailed trans resource guides to republican households. its headquarters is a ups store mailbox. a trans student union, in this economy? "Texas Trans & LGBTQ+ Student Resource Guide" mailers signed by a "Texas Transgender Student Union" reached Texas households, many of them past Republican voters, around the start of early voting in October 2026. The Houston Chronicle and KXAN report the... october 21 the gay man trump put in charge of the kennedy center is accused of misplacing $5.6 million. the alleged text spells it "centre." be so for real. Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has told President Trump that Ric Grenell, the Kennedy Center's former president, failed to deposit a donation of about $5.6 million from her husband, Axios reported Oct. 14, 2026. On Oct. 19 Axios reported reviewing... october 20 megyn kelly called timothée chalamet "obviously gay" on air, then took it back seven seconds later. we'd like those seven seconds back. On the Oct. 19, 2026 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly called Timothée Chalamet Kylie Jenner's "obviously gay boyfriend" while discussing Jenner wearing the Fantasy Bra at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, then said seconds later, "I don't... october 20 a north carolina library had a rainbow book logo for 14 years. three people complained. the mayor brought up reading rainbow. The Farmville Public Library in Farmville, North Carolina, replaced its roughly 14-year-old multicolored book logo after residents complained to a town commissioner, WITN and WCTI reported. Mayor Alex Joyner has objected; Town Manager Andrew DeIonno says the change was about... october 20 the first openly gay man in australia's top basketball league just retired at 28. he signed off as "your number 8." we're fine. totally fine. Isaac Humphries, the Adelaide 36ers center who in 2022 became the first openly gay male player in Australia's National Basketball League, announced his retirement on Oct. 20, 2026 at age 28 because of a persistent knee injury. He played 173... october 20 the federal workplace-discrimination agency promised a christian business club it won't chase some trans complaints against its members. any future members too. sure. In an Oct. 19, 2026 letter, Reps. Bobby Scott and Mark Takano asked EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas to explain an August settlement in Christian Employers Alliance v. EEOC in which the agency agreed not to pursue certain gender identity discrimination... october 20 there are 36 lesbian bars left in america. here is every one of them There are 36 lesbian bars left in the United States as of October 2026, down from about 200 in the late 1980s but up from 15 in 2019. This guide maps every one, from Cubbyhole and Henrietta Hudson in New... october 20