Emma Paidra

6 days 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.