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WASHINGTON D.C. — (02-03-21) — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg made history today being sworn in as the first openly gay cabinet secretary by Vice President Kamala Harris this morning in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg were in attendance for this historic occasion. In a masked ceremony, vice [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (02-01-21) — The Lincoln Project got hit last week when one co-founder John Weaver was accused by 21 men of sexual harassment. Known as the moderate super pac of the Republican party, they made a name for themselves as the anti-Trump super pac but now, co-founder John Weaver is the center of [...]
LINCOLN, NE — (01-31-21) — Nebraska state Senator Patty Pansing Brooks presented a ballot measure to a legislative committee last Friday that would abolish the state’s unenforceable gay marriage ban. Senator Brooks argued that voters should have the chance to once and for all get rid of the ban on same-sex marriage that is currently [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (01-31-21) — We are sad to report that the popular Big Gay Ice Cream stores of New York City’s East Village and on Philadelphia’s famed South Street have closed their doors for good amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Luckily there are still four other locations in the New York City area where you [...]
WASHINGTON D.C — (01-27-21) — President Joe Biden is so far keeping his word to the LGBTQ community as he signs two executive orders during his first week in office. The first was an executive order implementing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision against anti-LGBTQ discrimination. He signed that one on Day One. The second was [...]