Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton's plan to oust assumed incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has always resembled what Bob Cesca calls the "Underpants Gnomes Model." This phrase, which comes from a South Park episode where the boys meet the legendary underpants gnomes, ...read more
This Monday, the Trump Administration began a new policy denying visas to same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and UN employees. It used to be that only spouses in traditional marriages to UN employees were allowed a G-4 visa: this policy was extended to gay couples in 2009 by ...read more
This week, long shot Republican congressional candidate Jazmina Saavedra broadcast a Facebook live video from a Denny's in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, where she stalked a trans woman into the ladies' room and harassed her until she left. Saavedra, a Trump ...read more
Tens of thousands of teenagers will undergo conversion therapy before they turn 18. This has already happened to around 350,000 kids and another 350,000 adults, and will happen to many more if action isn't taken to stop it. Vice President Mike Pence is widely rumored to support ...read more
When Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Team America: World Police came out in 2004, critics didn't quite know what to make of it. With its bashing of liberalism, celebrities, and puppet sex, some believed it was an act of juvenile rebellion with little more to say than "fuck the ...read more
Let’s play a game. Imagine just for a moment what the front pages of newspapers or home pages of websites would look like if we removed articles about the hacking of emails in the 2016 election. Now go even further and imagine how a cable news hour and its line up of stories ...read more
Eighteen years ago, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard succumbed to the injuries sustained in a brutal hate crime six days prior. While his death led to a major legislative change in the United States, nearly two decades after his stunning murder, the LGBTQ community is still fighting ...read more
This weekend's Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando is such a multi-layered tragedy that it's difficult to know where to begin to pull it apart. On one hand it's being labeled a terrorist attack, largely because of the shooter's Muslim faith and his maybe too convenient embracing ...read more