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One year into Donald Trump‘s first presidential term, many fans heard Carrie Underwood‘s song “Love Wins” as a rebuke of ugly, divisive politics. Co-written by Underwood, the single builds toward a cathartic release with each verse, the first of which asks: “Politics and prejudice/How the hell’d it ever come to …

Zora Grey has a story to tell. It’s a dark tale, full of spine-chilling frights and taboo thrills, unfolding from the moment you hit play on the Minneapolis singer, rapper, and producer’s second album, BELLAdonna, out Jan. 17 on Get Better Records. The buzzing synths and bass boom you’re hearing …

A legal settlement with the Pentagon could make benefits available to tens of thousands of gay and lesbian military veterans dismissed from service because of their sexual orientation. The military’s longstanding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy, which was repealed in 2010, prohibited LGBTQ service members from disclosing their sexual …

There’s an increasing trend of remedial media literacy among modern audiences. People miss obvious narrative moments and thematic elements, only really engaging with media on a base level, perhaps due to sheer amount of content they’re ingesting every single day. This most recently became clear with the release of Life …

H alfway through their set, Muna address the elephant in the stadium. “We just wanted to acknowledge that someone very special is missing tonight,” says the indie-pop trio’s lead singer, Katie Gavin. It’s day one of All Things Go, an independent music festival that fans nicknamed Lesbopalooza due to its …

In the wake of the election, some have said that Democrats need to talk less about transgender people. That’s exactly wrong: they, and we, need to talk more — more about real trans lives, real science, and real values, and less about disinformation and lies. Thanks to nearly $250 billion …

After a decade of covering the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, I spent nearly a year traveling the country to profile those most impacted by that ongoing struggle: trans kids. To date, more than 650 bills have been put forward in 2024 seeking to repeal basic rights and protections from members …

Two Olympic boxers have been the targets of unfounded personal attacks from the right, casting a dark shadow over a sporting event meant to foster peace and tolerance through athletic competition. Despite qualifying to participate in the boxing tournament at the Paris Olympic Games, Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin …

On Tuesday, Ava Kris Tyson announced on X that she would “permanently step away from all things MrBeast and social media.” The longtime collaborator and childhood friend of Jimmy Donaldson, the man behind the 305 million subscriber YouTube kingdom with its own line of Walmart-sold chocolate bars and videos that …

Wednesday is the ninth anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in the United States. In a decision commemorating the milestone, and a reminder to the nation of the ongoing efforts to safeguard the rights and civil liberties of LGBTQ+ Americans, President Joe …