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Mike Shinoda, Imagine Dragons to headline LOVELOUD festival

[Photos by: Frank Maddocks, Eliot Lee Hazel] Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and Imagine Dragons will be among the headliners at this summer's LOVELOUD festival in Salt Lake City. The fest spearheaded by Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds benefits multiple LGBTQ+ charities. Read more: Imagine Dragons on Mormon LGBTQ stance Shinoda and Imagine Dragons will be joined […]

Study shows more teens are identifying as transgender and gender-nonconforming

[Photo by: Lorenzo Maimone/Unsplash] More teens in the U.S. are identifying as transgender and gender-nonconforming, according to a new study. Read more: 14 of our favorite music videos that celebrate LGBTQ pride As the Associated Press reports from a study done by Pediatrics with ninth to 11th grade students, nearly 3 percent identify as transgender or gender non-conforming. “Diverse […]

Imagine Dragons singer tackles Mormon LGBTQ stance in new documentary, 'Believer'

[Photo by: HBO/YouTube] Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds grew up Mormon, and he's teamed up with HBO to challenge the church to rethink its LGBTQ+ policies as suicide rates among LGBTQ+ youth continues to skyrocket in his new documentary, Believer. Read more: Brendon Urie, Halsey, more pen heartfelt letters for Pride Month Believer is set to premiere at […]

Cub Sport singer talks coming out as gay, falling in love with bandmate

[Pictured: Cub Sport; photo by: Jennifer Embelton] BATS, the sophomore album from Australian indie-pop group Cub Sport, follows lead vocalist Tim Nelson coming out as gay and falling in love with keyboardist Sam Netterfield. Nelson explains sharing their story wasn’t exactly his goal, but he went through a lot of personal development after the release of […]

Diet cig cancel show due to discriminatory LGBT policies

[Photo credit: Andrew Piccone] Diet cig have cancelled their upcoming performance at Messiah College due to the school's anti-LGBT policies. You can read the band's full statement, below. Read more: Live Nation one of the top LGBTQ+ employers According to the Messiah College handbook, “students who experience same sex attraction or identify as gay or lesbian […]

Live Nation one of the top LGBTQ+ employers

[Photo by: LiveNation.com] The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has named Live Nation as one of the top workplaces for LGBTQ equality, according to Pollstar. Read more: Twitter will now be streaming select Live Nation concerts with new video programming According to Pollstar, the company received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality […]

AT&T and Cyndi Lauper join effort to end LGBT youth homelessness

[Photos by: AT&T] AT&T and Cyndi Lauper are teaming up with the True Colors Fund this holiday season to help put an end to LGBT youth homelessness. Get more information, and find out the different ways that you can help the cause, below! Read more: 14 of our favorite music videos that celebrate LGBTQ pride […]

LGBT rights threatened by Trump admin's religious objection order

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a directive today that’ll give institutions and individuals the right refuse services to women and the LGBT community for those institutions that can argue that their religious freedoms are being violated. According to the Associated Press, it will essentially lift a burden from religious objectors: A simple claim of a […]

Musicians respond to President Trump’s transgender military ban

President Trump targeted the transgender community this morning in a string of tweets declaring that transgender people would no longer be able to serve in the military “in any capacity.” After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow…… — Donald J. Trump […]

14 of our favorite music videos that celebrate LGBTQ pride

[Photos by: Youtube] It’s Pride Month! And what better way to express our love for the LGBTQ community than with a perfectly curated list of some of the best queer love stories in the alternative scene? Read more: 15 merch items to show off your pride for Pride Month “ISLAND” — COHEED AND CAMBRIA  Progressive […]

15 merch items to show off your pride for Pride Month — and any day of the year, really

For Pride Month, want to celebrate with a new piece of merch? We’ve got you covered with everything from band tees that benefit the LGBTQ community to rad rainbow items to help show your support during this month and beyond. Anti-Flag hoodie ($35) Never one to shy away from their political stances, Anti-Flag is selling […]

Op-ed—LeFou: Disney’s “first” gay character

Disney’s latest live action adaption, Beauty And The Beast, is finally here. After months of fantastic promotional material and some heavily Auto-Tuned singing from Emma Watson, audiences have the chance to relive their childhood/introduce the next generation to the classic tale of a bookworm and a water buffalo who fall in love to break an […]
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