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Anti-LGBTQ+ MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk claimed Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is trying to eliminate the white population after she slammed Texas Republicans for redistricting plans that would drastically reduce Black voting power in the state. The president has been pushing Republicans in Texas to redraw their congressional district map to give Republicans more seats in the House of Representatives, and they came up with a map that would likely give Republicans five more seats in Congress. Related Jasmine Crockett slams hypocrite Trump over shady way Melania got her visa: The math aint mathin The Republican Party of Texas called adopting the new map an essential step to preserving GOP control in Congress.The move has drawn criticism from Democrats since its unorthodox for congressional maps to be redrawn absent a new Census.Crockett has been speaking out against the project. She is known for her outspoken communication style, which appears to have intimidated Kirk, who told his podcast listeners to never marry someone like her. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Just the whole ensemble whiny, yammering, he said. The whole way she presents herself, smug, terrible, nasty, cruel, wrong, dumb. The whole operation, young men, better for you to become a Catholic priest.He then claimed the Jasmine Crockett schtick is why a lot of young men are checking out of the dating pool. Without explaining his logic, he then said her comment that the redistricting map is racist shows that she is actually the racist against white people. This is just white hate, pure and simple, naked hate of the white race, he said. The Great Replacement of white people is far more sinister than any redistricting project, he said after playing a clip of Crockett speaking at a protest against the redistricting proposal. That is at the core of the Democrat project. He said Crockett represents the continued attempt to eliminate the white population in this country. Kirk, the founder of right-wing student group Turning Point USA,has saidthat being gay is an error and has compared homosexuality to alcoholism and drug addiction.Hehas also calledtrans people an abomination and said transgender identities are against our senses and against the natural law. He once said, The transgender thing happening in America is a throbbing middle finger to God.Bizarrely,he posited in 2022 that transgender people are trying to turn human beings into machines. Its called trans humanism, he said. They want you to say, ok, well I can choose any gender, why cant I just have an exoskeleton of some sort of machine around me?This is why theyre so insistent on this transgender thing, he continued. Because if you stop being a man, then maybe you can stop being a human being. Maybe you can just plug into some sort of machine.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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No, it was not April Fools Day when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on July 31, President Trump is a humanitarian with a big heart. She said it in response to a question about why Trump sent his special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to Israel and Gaza to check out whether U.S. food aid was reaching the people who were most in need.An appropriate follow-up question that no reporter had the courage to ask was, How can you continue to lie and sacrifice your soul to a president who is exactly the opposite of how you just portrayed him? Related Donald Trumps endless assault on our nation is exhausting. But complacency is not an option. Do Leavitt and all the MAGA sycophants including most members of the Republican Party really believe these lies? What will they tell their descendants about how they responded during this critical time, and how will history judge them?During the horrors of the Holocaust, the Nazi government very intentionally attempted to hide its actions against the Jews and others it considereduntermenschen(subhuman) as well as other enemies of the state. Trump and his followers, on the other hand, publicly display their inhumanity and proudly shout their lies through their bullhorn of misinformation. Dive deeper every day Join our newsletter for thought-provoking commentary that goes beyond the surface of LGBTQ+ issues Subscribe to our Newsletter today So, lets judge whether President Trump is a humanitarian with a big heart as he has:Defundedthe United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a move that could lead to over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including 4.5 million deaths among children under the age of five.Placed young children literally in cages away from their undocumented immigrant parents; demonized and stereotyped primarily Black and Brown immigrants from our southern border, and proposed virtually no immigration reform except harsh penalties (such as family separation, arrest, and deportation without due process of law).Implementedsignificant cuts and policy changes impacting scientific and medical research, particularly through reductions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the ending of universityresearch on such diseases as HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimers Disease, as well as new and improved vaccines, climate change and environmental justice, LGBTQ+ health, and womens health.Cut or significantly reducedfunding for renewable clean energy technologies (specifically solar and wind powered projects), ended subsidies and tax credits for the manufacture and purchase of these projects, and cancelled contracts and awards for clean energy technologies (such as carbon capture and electric vehicle initiatives); and instituted a Drill Baby Drill agenda with no limits on fossil fuel extractions, emissions, mining, and deforestation.Reduced Medicaid and Food Assistancefunding through the ironically named Big Beautiful Bill, totaling more than $1 trillion over the next decade, which will lead to an estimated increase of 10 million uninsured people.Attacked political opponents, the media, immigrants, marginalized communities, the judicial system, and an entire continent. Has lobbed insults, including Crooked Hillary Clinton, Lyin Ted Cruz, Little Marco Rubio, Sleepy Joe and the Biden crime family, Rosie ODonnell as a fat pig, a slob and an animal; the fake news, the lying press, trans woman as men in dresses, shithole nations, mocked a reporter with a disability (and the list is too long to continue here).Ended reproductive choice in many states through Trumps Supreme Court picks, imposed a total or partial ban on reproductive healthcare by defunding Medicaid reimbursements to womens health clinics.Demonstrated a slow and deadly response to public health emergencies with little or no trust in science but, rather, the promotion of dangerous conspiracy theories.Shown no substantial support for paid parental leave, subsidized national childcare plan, or any elder care plan, but has helped provide massive tax breaks for the already-super rich and for corporations.Instituted banning books and other curricular content in public schools, wants to provide a voucher system of public funding to private schools (some of which are parochial), plus has plans to abolish the Federal Department of Education, which will seriously reduce funding for special education programs.Demonstrated little support for marriage equality and has overseen efforts to pass a Constitutional amendment defining legal marriage as only between a man and a woman.Vilified and scapegoated transgender people, offering no support for transgender choice in their use of public accommodations, healthcare, or access of gender-affirming care.Continued tearing down of a supposed wall separating church and state with Project 2025, an agenda to install a patriarchal heteronationalist Christian white supremacist theocracy.Instituted policies to abolish the Consumer Protection Agency, leaving everyday people subject to predatory business practices.Attempted to abolish labor unions to take away collective bargaining, with no establishment of a livable minimum hourly or yearly wage.Promoted an America First agenda by gradually retreating from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Paris Climate Accord, with very little support for the work of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and little support or actual retreat from the United States current treaty obligations.Instituted random tariffs to countries throughout the world, which will increase already high consumer prices having the greatest impact on lower wage earners.Initiated virtually no policies for police reform other than allowing the even harsher treatment of the people they are meant to serve, increased privatization of the prison system by for-profit corporations, and giving almost unlimited power to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. Proposeda few (but largely insignificant) firearms restrictions while making it easier for residents to buy more guns.Continued working to rig elections in the GOPs favor by refusing to limit state gerrymandering of voting districts, supported reducing the number of voting days, limiting or eliminating mail-in ballots and ballot drop-off boxes, and cried about fraudulent elections (unless Republicans are the winners).Killed Mr. Roger, The Cookie Monster, Masterpiece Theater, and other shows by defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.And we can continue to add to this listad infinitum.Democrats, the press, and We the People must tell our stories, the highlights, the lowlights, as well of the issues we need more time to improve.We must tell the truth and unmask the lies and deceit that Trump and MAGA Republicans expose whenever they open their mouths.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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New York City is now home to what advocates say is the countrys first-ever city-funded shelter specifically for transgender and gender non-conforming people.On Tuesday, August 5, the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) and Bronx-based LGBTQ+ nonprofit Destination Tomorrow announced the opening of Aces Place, a 150-bed shelter in Long Island City, Queens, that will provide transitional housing and specialized support for trans and gender nonconforming people experiencing homelessness. Related New York City hasnt fulfilled its promise to build shelters for trans houseless people According to Gothamist, Aces Place, named for Destination Tomorrow founder and CEO Sean Ebony Colemans mother, will provide residents with on-site psychiatric care, culinary and GED classes, and job placement training.In a statement, DSS Commissioner Molly Wasow Park said that the announcement of Aces Place strongly affirms our values and commitment to strengthening the safety net for transgender New Yorkers at a time when their rights are roundly under attack. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Coleman added that the shelter represents a hard-fought declaration that trans and gender nonconforming people will no longer be pushed to the margins.The partnership between DSS and Destination Tomorrow also represents a first step toward the city fulfilling its commitment to build homeless shelters for trans and gender nonconforming people. As Park explained to Gothamist, NYC already places trans people experiencing homelessness in shelters that align with their gender identity and is required to provide at least 30 beds across the city for trans and gender nonconforming people. The city also reached a settlement agreement in 2021 with LGBTQ+ activists to build four shelters specifically designated for trans and gender nonconforming people. Numerous studies in recent years have shown that the community faces a much higher risk of homelessness and housing instability than cisgender people. Research has shown that unhoused trans people in particular face barriers navigating social and housing services, and according to a 2020 study, while on the streets, trans people have faced increased mental health issues due to ongoing exposure to gendered and sexual violence resulting from housing deprivation. Gothamist cites another 2022 study from the National Center for Transgender Equality that found that nearly one-third of trans people in the U.S. said they have experienced periods when they were unhoused.As Park told the outlet, that can stem from a variety of issues, like being kicked out of their homes or discrimination in the job market. Coleman also pointed to the challenges trans and nonbinary people can often face within the shelter system. Can you imagine going into an environment and youre asking for help and theyre constantly misgendering you and constantly telling you youre not who you say you are? Coleman told Gothamist. How do you learn in that environment? How do you thrive in that environment? Its almost impossible.At Aces Place, however, Coleman said trans and gender nonconforming people will find an environment that completely affirms who they are and how they see themselves, which mentally gives you the strength to face any challenge you have.Weve watched so many other corporations and foundations and businesses just like completely turn their back on the community, and the city didnt do it, Coleman told Gothamist. The city is keeping in line with what New York City has always been, a sanctuary city, a safe haven, but more importantly, a trendsetter when it comes to LGBTQ rights.Aces Place will provide trans residents with an environment that completely affirms who they are and how they see themselves.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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Data from researchers working with children who acquired HIV from their mothers through pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding has shown that antiretroviral (ARV) drugs administered early in their lives is having an unexpected outcome: the virus is undetectable in their bodies even after stopping the therapy.A recent study by University of Oxford pediatrician and immunologistPhilipGoulder describes how five children among a larger group remained in remission despite not receiving regular ARV therapy for an extended period, in one case up to 17 months. Related Controversial scientist says hell use gene editing to end HIV & Alzheimers Those children in a larger group from South Africa had failed to show up for continuing treatment; when they were tracked down, researchers found them to be perfectly healthy.Instead of their viral loads being through the roof, they were undetectable, Goulder told Wired. And normally, HIV rebounds within two or three weeks. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Goulders findings were supported by data presented at the International AIDS Society conference in Rwanda in July by Alfredo Tagarro, a pediatrician at the Infanta Sofia University Hospital in Madrid.His study showed that around 5 percent of HIV-infected children who receive antiretrovirals within the first six months of life ultimately suppress the HIV viral reservoir to negligible levels. The viral reservoir is the number of cells harboring the virus genetic material. Children have special immunological features which makes it more likely that we will develop an HIV cure for them before other populations, Tagarro said.Kids have a much more dynamic immune system, said Mark Cotton, who directs the childrens infectious diseases clinical research unit at the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town.They also dont have any additional issues like high blood pressure or kidney problems. It makes them a better target, initially, for a cure. Cotton suspects that between 10 and 20 percent of all HIV-infected children would be capable of controlling the virus for a significant period of time after stopping antiretrovirals.The consensus comes as a number of new and potent HIV therapeutics come online, including so-called bNAbs, or broadly neutralizing antibodies, which can recognize and fight many different strains of HIV, as well as stimulate the bodys immune system to destroy cells where HIV is hiding.There are also therapeutic vaccines in development that can train the immune systems T cells to target and destroy HIV reservoirs.If children are already responding well to retroviral therapies, the addition of these new lines of attack could eradicate HIV in their bodies altogether, Goulder said.We think that adding the effects of these broadly neutralizing antibodies to antiretrovirals will help us chip away at what is needed to achieve a cure, Goulder said.Curing HIV probably requires a few hits from different angles, impacting the way that the virus can grow, and tackling it with different immune responses at the same time to essentially force it into a cul-de-sac that it cant escape from.Both Goulder and Cotton are ramping up studies to attempt just that. Researchers have recognized the special ability of children to fight off the virus since isolated cases emerged in the past decade.In 2013, the so-called Mississippi baby acquired HIV in the womb and was given aggressive antiretroviral therapy. At three years old, she showed no active infection despite stopping therapy 18 months earlier.The case of a South African child was revealed in 2017 at the International AIDS Conference in Paris. The child was born to an HIV-infected mother and given ARVs starting at 8 weeks old. As part of a controlled clinical trial, the treatment was stopped at 40 weeks, and more than 8 years later, the virus hadnt rebounded.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Doja Cat set the tone for Outside Lands 2025 on Friday night with a glam-meets-grit performance that launched her new musical era, teased her upcoming album Vie, and paid tribute to a beloved San Francisco queer institution.Taking the main stage at Golden Gate Park, the Grammy-winning artist stunned the crowd with a mix of hits and fresh material, including the live debut of her new single Jealous Type. But the biggest surprise of the night came midway through her headlining set: Doja Cat revealed shed be performing an intimate post-show set at Oasis, the iconic LGBTQ+ nightclub slated to close at the end of the year.Im taking my new project, Vie, to club Oasis, she told the audience. See me there. Ill be playing some new songs and going the f home.The unannounced performance immediately sparked a frenzy online. Oasis confirmed the appearance on Instagram, announcing tickets would be available at the door until the 531-person capacity was met. Video shared by the venue after the show featured Doja Cat in a low-key moment with fans, standing behind a mic and playing a pre-recorded version of an unreleased song titled Take Me Dancing.The late-night Oasis show wasnt the only cryptic breadcrumb Doja dropped ahead of her Outside Lands return. On Thursday, the artist launched a mysterious Vie Hotline (747-246-7262), where fans were greeted by her sultry voice offering offbeat relationship advice with the tagline: Love is complicated, but calling us isnt.The hotline, along with a retro-glam visual campaign dripping in 80s melodrama, gave fans a preview of the new aesthetic she brought to the Lands End stage complete with platinum-blonde hair, neon eye makeup and a zebra-print catsuit straight out of a VHS fever dream.Opening her set with Woman, Doja breezed through a 21-song setlist that included hits like Paint the Town Red, Agora Hills, Say So and Need to Know. Alongside Jealous Type, she also debuted another new track titled Boss Bitch.Jealous Type is produced by Jack Antonoff and Ari Starace. The track has been previously teased in a campaign with Marc Jacobs, hinting that Vie may mark a return to the pop-forward sounds Doja explored before 2023s rap-heavy Scarlet.Despite the buzz, Dojas performance faced stiff competition from overlapping sets by EDM giant John Summit and Beck, who performed alongside members of the San Francisco Symphony. That, combined with minimal production and a measured rollout of new material, made for a more restrained return to the festival circuit.Still, her presence and particularly her Oasis cameo struck a chord in San Franciscos LGBTQ+ nightlife scene. The venue, long operated by San Francisco Drag Laureate DArcy Drollinger, has been a cornerstone of the queer community and is set to close its doors at the end of 2025. Dojas tribute served as both a send-off and a love letter.For fans, the night felt like a promise: the beginning of something bold, mysterious and unapologetically Doja.Doja Cats fifth studio album, Vie, does not yet have a confirmed release date.Source

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Florida-born rapper and genre-shifter Doechii made her explosive Outside Lands debut Friday night, delivering one of the festivals most buzzed-about sets and upstaging the nights headliner in the process.Performing on the Lands End stage at 7 p.m., Doechii pulled a massive crowd to Golden Gate Parks Polo Field, rivaling last years scene-stealing midday performance from queer pop phenom Chappell Roan. Her 45-minute set wasnt just a concert it was theater, movement, protest, and celebration all wrapped in one.The performance, broken into six distinct acts, drew heavily from her 2024 EP Alligator Bites Never Heal alongside breakout singles like Nissan Altima, Spookie Coochie, Catfish, and the viral smash Anxiety a Gotye- and Kimbra-sampling anthem thats fast become a Gen Z panic-pop staple.Backed by a crew of dancers, Doechii brought a high-concept, school-themed production to life that honored the lineage of hip-hop, R&B, and queer dance music. Fans were quick to notice references to her now-infamous Met Gala umbrella moment a tongue-in-cheek addition that only amplified her signature mix of humor, style, and edge.Throughout the set, Doechii remained a commanding force, her presence as magnetic as her lyrics. The energy was electric, contagious, and impossible to ignore.But she didnt stop at spectacle. Near the end of her set, the Grammy-winner turned the moment into a political one, responding directly to Palestinian flags waved in the crowd.Free Palestine! What the f is yall talking about? she shouted, moments after performing Boom Bap. She followed up with a call for peace, saying, More peace, yall. No more.It was a sharp, unapologetic statement and it landed with force.This wasnt the first time Doechii voiced her support for Palestine. Just last week, she made a similar declaration at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, further solidifying her stance as one of the few mainstream artists refusing to stay silent.Queer fans especially have gravitated toward Doechiis blend of fierce individuality, theatricality, and vulnerability all of which were on full display Friday. Her Outside Lands debut felt not only like a musical milestone, but a cultural one.Before the festival, she played two sold-out Bay Area shows last November at The Independent in San Francisco and The New Parish in Oakland. But she wont be gone for long presale tickets for her next headlining show, set for Nov. 7 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, dropped Friday morning.Doechii may have been billed below the headliners, but by nights end, she was the name on everyones lips.Source

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