NEWS📰📢: Dan Zaksheske has written 18 articles focused on a Michigan trans girl who plays high school volleyball. He also tweeted about the situation at least 41 times and attended at least four of her volleyball games. While watching, he recorded videos of her playing and then posted them online.

HIV and stigma remain baked into queer dating culture, leaving many men living with HIV to navigate rejection, discrimination and shame in 2025. @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/the-harsh-...

NEWS📰🏳‍🌈📰: Katrina Foster is shattering glass ceilings: She is the first woman and first lesbian bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Foster will oversee 160 congregations in the region.

“Nothing to say”: Laverne Cox’s message to the Trump administration. Today on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor the transgender people whose lives were taken by anti-transgender violence.

More than 61,500 cisgender women sign an open letter calling out the media and politicians for anti-trans rhetoric and policies. Source: PinkNews

Today marks the start of Trans Week of Awareness. Last week at The Center's Women's Event gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, @UnclosetedMedia spoke with @LaverneCox.

Same-sex marriage is safe: In a massive win for gay rights, the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis’ appeal and won't revisit landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide 🏳️‍🌈

In authoritarianism, dictators come for LGBTQ🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 people first. Here’s why. The No King’s Protest❌ underscores how many believe Trump’s attacks on queer rights are putting American🇺🇸 democracy in peril.

"I’ve always been resilient and tough. But finally, I feel calm and free." Read about how our Founder Spencer Macnaughton's boyfriend had to dig himself out of an upbringing of Christian extremism in Virginia. He packed up everything at 17 and moved to NYC, where he could live freely & openly

Given the news of the week, we spoke with conversion therapy survivors who say the practice had horrific mental health consequences. It tore families apart, taught patients to hate themselves, and made them feel like "a zombie," engaging in self-harm that landed them in the hospital multiple times.

The Supreme Court is poised to overturn Colorado’s conversion therapy ban. Representing the plaintiff is the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group known for testifying in favor of or voicing support for a litany of anti-LBGTQ policies. Chris Geidner of Law Dork speaks on this.

CONVERSION THERAPY🏳️‍🌈 AND THE SUPREME COURT👨‍⚖️: SCOTUS appears poised to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, the discredited practice used to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity that major medical associations have said is ineffective and harmful.

🏳️‍🌈 🏛️Alliance Defending Freedom, the legal group pressuring the Supreme Court to overturn conversion therapy bans, was founded by Alan E. Sears, an anti-gay lawyer who wrote a book called “The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today”

👭👬💍💒GAY MARRIAGE AND SCOTUS: Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito says he still doesn’t agree with the court’s 2015 ruling to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide…. but that it’s precedent. SCOTUS will hear arguments this fall to reconsider Obergefell and to overturn it. What do y’all think?

CONVERSION THERAPY🏳️‍🌈 AND THE SUPREME COURT🏛️: Today, the Supreme Court will hear an evangelical Christian therapist's challenge to a Colorado law that bans conversion therapy for minors. The case has implications for more than 20 states.

The influential conservative think tank behind Project 2025 has urged the FBI to treat "violent transgender ideology" as a new domestic terror threat. Reporting: Independent Photo: The top half of the post is a screen capture of their post on X where they urged the FBI.

What’s largely been missing from the media narrative around Charlie Kirk's murder is the voices of queer people affected by the tragedy, but also by the subsequent anti-trans rhetoric. We wanted to fill this gap by speaking with five queer students and recent grads from Utah Valley University.

“Posting inaccurate and incomplete information, especially about a marginalized community, is irresponsible reporting,” a GLAAD spokesperson told The Advocate on Friday. Photo: KSL News Utah / Reporting: The Advocate

Uncloseted Media has obtained documents that suggest a prominent member of Moms for Liberty may be falsely presenting as a nurse.

@unclosetedmedia.bsky.social asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results.

Google Sends Parents of LGBTQ Kids to Conversion Therapy Websites. Why? We asked Americans to Google five queries looking for resources for LGBTQ people who are struggling. Far-right religious groups dominated the results. #Google #LGBTQ #conversiontherapy

‘I Look Like an Expert’: The Sexologist Testifying Against Trans Youth Care [WATCH] James Cantor, who has never treated a trans kid, has testified in dozens of cases concerning gender-affirming care for minors in the U.S. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/i-look-lik...

LGBTQ Spaces Say ‘All Are Welcome.’ Asian Men Know Better From dating profiles that request “No Asians” to racist comments in night clubs, the gay community doesn’t feel inclusive for many Asian American men. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/lgbtq-spac...

Loomed wrote: “There’s no reason why Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, needs to hide the fact that he’s a gay man. Come on, Lindsey. I like men too. No need to hide. I want you to relieve yourself of your toxic closeted anger.” Reporting: The Advocate

The 38-year-old was arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children. “I have decided it is in the best interest of my family and constituents to resign immediately from the South Carolina House of Representatives,” May wrote in his resignation letter.

Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that explicitly asks them to overturn that decision. Reporting: ABC News

Days 101-200: Every Anti-LGBTQ Move the Trump Administration Has Made In his second 100 days, Trump’s relentless attack against the community has intensified. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/days-101-2...

The couple, aged 20 and 21, were arrested in April after residents saw them entering the same bathroom. The police broke into the toilet and caught the men kissing and hugging each other, which the court considered to be a sexual act. Reporting: CBS News

At a ceremony at the Massachusetts State House Thursday, out Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed a recently passed law aimed at bolstering protections for providers of gender-affirming and reproductive care, including abortion. Reporting: LGBTQ Nation Photo: Allison Mitchell

More Than HIV: Trump’s Cuts Shatter Kenya’s Health Care System Trump’s abrupt PEPFAR cuts are crippling critical health care services for tuberculosis, women and children. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/more-than-...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has claimed that the presidential administration’s recent extortion of Brown University in Rhode Island will help end “gender extremism” Reporting: LGBTQ Nation Photo: Gage Skidmore

Bishop Cherry Vann has been elected as archbishop of the Church in Wales, becoming the first woman and LGBTQ cleric appointed to lead any of Britain’s Anglican churches. Reporting: NBC News Photo: The Church in Whales via Facebook

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has described herself as a “proud transphobe,” continuing her crusade to be the most anti-trans member of Congress. Reporting: LGBTQ Nation Photo: Gage Skidmore

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s Republican State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is under investigation after he was allegedly caught streaming pornography on his office TV during a meeting of the state Board of Education. Reporting: LGBTQ Nation Photo: Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters

A federal court granted a temporary restraining order to plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on grant funding for organizations serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQ youth, and unhoused populations. Reporting by The Washington Blade Photo by Getty

U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters. Reporting by Reuters

Florida’s statewide prosecutor has subpoenaed records of a popular restaurant after it hosted a Pride event that the prosecutor’s office says was open to all ages, even though a recent state law that restricts venues from admitting children to “adult” performances has been blocked by courts.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues The conservative justice has explicitly stated he’s interested in overturning Obergefell. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/supreme-co...

The Trump administration has been ordered to restore $6.2 million in grant funding to nine LGBTQ and HIV-related nonprofits. Reporting: LGBTQ Nation Photo: Gage Skidmore

A Philosophy Professor Is the Only Known Author of Trump's Big Trans Health Care Report. Why? Alex Byrne has been an MIT philosophy professor since 1995. But his focus on gender only started in 2018. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/a-philosop...

“If it weren’t for the hotline, I would have killed myself.” Tomorrow, the “Press 3” option on the 988 suicide hotline, created to support LGBTQ youth, is being shut down by the Trump administration. 1.3 million people have used it and experts say this decision will cost lives.

In 2023, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle struck down the ban, ruling that it violated the federal Medicaid statute, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Affordable Care Act.  Reporting: LGBTQ Nation

The Trump administration ordered the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to shut down its LGBTQ suicide prevention service this week. Protesters gather to rally in front of Trump Tower. Reporting: CBS

On July 9, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a workshop with the inaccurate title: “The Dangers of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors.”  Reporting: The Advocate Photo: Alisdare Hickson

James Lantz was arrested at the state Capitol Monday after gluing his hand to a Senate railing to protest a lawmaker he considered culpable in the suicide deaths of five transgender young people in Lancaster County. Reporting: Penn Live Photo: Courtesy of Lantz

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed several anti-diversity bills, including one that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in the state prison system. Reporting: LGBTQ Nation Photo: Official Portrait

Project 2025: How the Religious Right Captured Trump's Agenda [WATCH] According to one tracker, Trump has already adopted 100 policies from the 920-page document. www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/project-20...

A federally funded study exploring why Black babies in Detroit are disproportionately born prematurely has been abruptly terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of a wider effort by the federal government to eliminate research tied to DEI. Reporting: The Cincinnati Herald

An Indianapolis church said members of the LGBTQ community should be put to death or kill themselves. During a recent sermon titled “Pray the Gay Away” inside the Sure Foundation Baptist Church, church leader Stephen Falco said the community should be ashamed of themselves and die.