Emma Paidra

6 days ago | lgbtqnation.com | Sam Donndelinger |Hope Pisoni |Emma Paidra

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. WorldPride DC, which is expected to bring as many as 3 million visitors and $700 million to the city’s economy, began on May 17 and will culminate on June 8 with a march. This is the ninth WorldPride and has already garnered controversy as it takes place in America’s capital city, where the Trump administration has dismantled LGBTQ rights and made relentless attacks against the queer community.

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Spencer Macnaughton |Emma Paidra |E Oliver

Over the last year, Idaho-based bar owner Mark Fitzpatrick has gained national attention for putting on “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month,” during which he held events that included straight couples receiving a 15% discount on Wednesdays and straight men “dressed like heterosexual male(s)” receiving a free draft beer on “Hetero Male Monday.”Fitzpatrick, who has described the LGBTQ community as “wicked, perverse and (one that) victimizes children,” is taking it a step further this year.

4 weeks ago | unclosetedmedia.com | Spencer Macnaughton |Emma Paidra |E Oliver

Over the last year, Idaho-based bar owner Mark Fitzpatrick has gained national attention for putting on “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month,” during which he held events that included straight couples receiving a 15% discount on Wednesdays and straight men “dressed like heterosexual male[s]” receiving a free draft beer on “Hetero Male Monday.”Fitzpatrick, who has described the LGBTQ community as “wicked, perverse and [one that] victimizes children,” is taking it a step further this year.

1 month ago | unclosetedmedia.com | Emma Paidra |Spencer Macnaughton |E Oliver

In February, Iowa became the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. This decision, which strips transgender and nonbinary Iowans of legal protections from gender-based discrimination, was signed into law by the state’s Republican Governor Kim Reynolds.