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3 weeks ago | 
oregonlive.com | Sam Donndelinger
At 21 years old, Robert McAllister remembers unlocking his phone in Louisville, Kentucky, to a grid of bodies on Grindr, the gay hookup app. To the average American, many terms and symbols in user bios read like a foreign language: PnP, Tina and parTy, or the crystal ball, ice cream and diamond emoji. At the time, McAllister also had no clue what these terms meant.
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3 weeks 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.
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1 month ago | 
lgbtqnation.com | Sam Donndelinger
This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. At 21 years old, Robert McAllister remembers unlocking his phone in Louisville, Kentucky, to a grid of bodies on Grindr, the gay hook-up app. To the average American, many terms and symbols in user bios read like a foreign language: PnP, Tina, and parTy, or the crystal ball, ice cream, and diamond emoji. At the time, McAllister also had no clue what these terms meant.
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1 month ago | 
unclosetedmedia.com | Sam Donndelinger
This story is written in partnership with Queer Kentucky, a diverse LGBTQ-run nonprofit based in Louisville, Kentucky working to bolster and enhance queer culture and health. At 21 years old, Robert McAllister remembers unlocking his phone in Louisville, Kentucky to a grid of bodies on Grindr, the gay hook-up app. After chatting with multiple men, he met up with one of them later that night.
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1 month ago | 
gaysonoma.com | Sam Donndelinger |Spencer Macnaughton
Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual In Trump’s new America, bathrooms have become politicized battlegrounds.
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1 month ago | 
lgbtqnation.com | Sam Donndelinger |Spencer Macnaughton
This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. In Trump’s new America, bathrooms have become politicized battlegrounds. What may have seemed like an issue resolved in 2017 following the repeal of North Carolina’s infamous HB 2, bathroom bans targeting the trans community have once again made national headlines alongside a spate of new bills.
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1 month ago | 
unclosetedmedia.com | Sam Donndelinger |Spencer Macnaughton
In Trump’s new America, bathrooms have become politicized battlegrounds. What may have seemed like an issue resolved in 2017 following the repeal of North Carolina’s infamous HB 2, bathroom bans targeting the trans community have once again made national headlines alongside a spate of new bills. Nineteen states already have active laws that restrict transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity.
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1 month ago | 
msmagazine.com | Sam Donndelinger
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. In January, a lesbian couple from New Jersey had a labor playlist picked out, electronic candles ready to go and an “atmosphere” they wanted to create while birthing their first child. They were eager and “not at all worried.”But Amy and Jessica say their plans for a smooth birth went out the window when a routine check-up turned into a harrowing eight-day hospital stay. “It was awful.
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1 month ago | 
gaytimes.com | Sam Donndelinger
Uncloseted Eighty-three percent of queer women reported birthing complications. From systemic bias to outdated medical policies, lesbians face a maternal health system that was never designed with them in mind.
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2 months ago | 
unclosetedmedia.com | Nico DiAlesandro |Spencer Macnaughton |Sam Donndelinger
In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days since taking office for a second term on Jan. 20, he has signed a litany of anti-trans and anti-Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) executive orders (EOs) and has ramped up his anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. These orders represent a solidification of his campaign, where he and the GOP spent roughly $215 million on anti-trans ads, more than five times the amount they spent on ads focused on the economy.
