Many queer people are going no contact — cutting off their families for myriad reasons. It’s not always the right answer.
AI:An opinion piece explores the increasing trend of individuals, particularly within the queer community, choosing to go no contact with their families, arguing that cutting off biological parents is often an incorrect and damaging response to familial conflict.Open
Actor Neil Patrick Harris is opening up about the pressure campaign that pushed him to publicly come out as gay nearly two decades ago, and the role celebrity gossip bloggers played in making the decision for him. Harris, now 53 and a father of two, told the "Great Company with Jamie Laing" podcast that his […] The post Neil Patrick Harris says gossip bloggers forced his hand on coming out in 2006 appeared first on American Almanac .
Actor Neil Patrick Harris is opening up about the pressure campaign that pushed him to publicly come out as gay nearly two decades ago, and the role celebrity gossip bloggers played in making the decision for him. Harris, now 53 and a father of two, told the "Great Company with Jamie Laing" podcast that his 2006 statement to People magazine was less a personal milestone than an act of damage control. Bloggers at the time were running blind-item guessing games about closeted actors, and Harris said he feared becoming the next name dragged into the open against his will. The interview, first reported by USA Today , offers a blunt look at how the celebrity media ecosystem of the mid-2000s treated private lives as public property, and how…Open
AI:Actor Neil Patrick Harris revealed that his 2006 decision to come out as gay via People magazine was a calculated move for damage control rather than a personal milestone. Speaking on the "Great Company with Jamie Laing" podcast, Harris explained that he felt cornered by relentless gossip bloggers and a publicist's botched denial regarding his sexuality, which sparked fears of being targeted in "blind items." He admitted he chose to preemptively control the narrative to avoid having his private life exposed by digital vultures. Former celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has since characterized his own aggressive pursuit of Harris as a "witch hunt" while attempting to make amends for his past behavior.Open
At 21, he won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Taekwondo Championships. He went on to become a lynchpin of Washington’s LGBTQ+ community.
AI:Bishop Rainey Cheeks has died at age 74, leaving behind a legacy characterized more by radical identity politics than his early achievements as an international martial arts competitor. While the liberal press focuses heavily on his involvement in the AIDS crisis and his role as a prominent figure in the Washington D.C. LGBTQ+ community, these reports obscure his true trajectory from a bronze medalist at the inaugural World Taekwondo Championships to a cornerstone of leftist social activism.Open
Is Kansas just the beginning?
AI:Kansas has implemented restrictive new laws targeting transgender individuals, including measures that impact driver's license eligibility and identification based on gender identity. This legislative shift marks an intensification of the ongoing national battle over gender ideology, moving beyond medical restrictions into state-level administrative controls intended to enforce biological sex standards in official documentation.Open
James Haven, the 53-year-old actor and older brother of Angelina Jolie, publicly came out as gay during a livestream with his ex-wife, less than two years after their marriage was annulled over claims of "fraud." Haven made the announcement Thursday on a Substack livestream hosted by his former spouse, Romi Imbelli, and contributed a written […] The post James Haven, Angelina Jolie's brother, comes out as gay after brief marriage ended in annulment appeared first on American Almanac .
James Haven, the 53-year-old actor and older brother of Angelina Jolie, publicly came out as gay during a livestream with his ex-wife, less than two years after their marriage was annulled over claims of "fraud." Haven made the announcement Thursday on a Substack livestream hosted by his former spouse, Romi Imbelli, and contributed a written statement to Imbelli's memoir, "Breathe Mija." In both, he framed his disclosure as the end of a long struggle with identity and the beginning of what he called a life of "hope, peace, and love." USA TODAY reported that representatives for Jolie and their father, veteran actor Jon Voight, did not respond to requests for comment. Haven and Imbelli married in August 2024. The union ended almost…Open
James Talarico, the Democratic seminary student running for U.S. Senate in Texas, spoke at a 2021 Pride event that billed an 11-year-old boy as "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers", a record his campaign now declines to discuss. The June 26, 2021, festival in Taylor, Texas, a small, conservative town about 50 […] The post Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico headlined Pride festival featuring an 11-year-old drag performer appeared first on American Almanac .
James Talarico, the Democratic seminary student running for U.S. Senate in Texas, spoke at a 2021 Pride event that billed an 11-year-old boy as "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers", a record his campaign now declines to discuss. The June 26, 2021, festival in Taylor, Texas, a small, conservative town about 50 miles from Austin, was organized by a local LGBTQ group called Taylor PRIDE. It was held at the Texas Beer Company and featured live music, adult drag acts, a "Youth Drag Show," and a children's story hour. Talarico, then a state representative, was the headlining speaker. The event's promotional Facebook post named him alongside a preteen drag performer who goes by the stage name Kween Kee Kee, the Washington Free…Open
‘Letting a part of myself shine that had always been there’
By Jay Rogers Public schools will have to allow parents to opt out of LGBT propaganda.
Organizers said they did not want “to provoke, but to pause power for a moment and highlight something human.”
High court overturned Maryland district's no-exceptions policy for LGBTQ "storybooks" a year ago. Legal scholars, states, parental rights activists say no-exceptions pronouns and secrecy policies have same problems.