Congress

US
Jan 15 2021

Navy veteran ‘threatened to hang’ congresspeople for not ‘getting behind Trump’ in ‘homophobic, racist, antisemitic’ rants

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi waits during votes in the first session of the 117th Congress

US
Jan 05 2021

US House of Representatives approves gender-neutral language rules in stunning victory for diversity and inclusion

Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres

Politics
Jan 04 2021

History made as Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres sworn in as first gay Black and Afro-Latino congressmen

Alex Morse Congress Mayor Massachusetts

Politics
Jul 23 2020

A 22-year-old became his city’s first openly gay mayor. Now, he’s running for Congress

New York City Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. is running in the race as a Democrat

US
May 26 2020

Proudly homophobic reverend going head-to-head with proudly gay Black councilman in crucial Congress battle

Angela Stanton-King with Donald trump

US
Mar 10 2020

Angela Stanton-King, ‘car thief’ who conflates LGBT+ rights with paedophilia, to run for Congress as a Republican

Sabrina Haake is running for congress in the home state of Mike Pence.

Politics
Jan 21 2020

Lesbian environmentalist runs for congress in the home state of Mike Pence

Cardi B said if returns to her studies she could become a member of Congress. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)

Politics
Jan 14 2020

Cardi B is considering running for Congress – and she’s already got the backing of Bernie Sanders supporters

Transphobia

Trans
Dec 02 2019

Congress sent powerful warning about rampant transphobia inspired by iconic 80s AIDS slogan

Katie Hill

Politics
Nov 01 2019

Bisexual congresswoman Katie Hill doesn’t want her resignation to ‘scare off’ women and LGBT people running for office

Janessa Goldbeck is a queer, pro-gun military veteran

US
Sep 19 2019

Meet the queer pro-gun veteran who’s running for Congress

Republican congressman Doug Lamborn is seeking to defund PBS over the Arthur episode

Culture
Jun 25 2019

Republican Doug Lamborn seeks to defund PBS over gay Arthur episode

Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Jonathan Van Ness and Bobby Berk

Culture
Apr 05 2019

Karamo Brown hints at Queer Eye disagreement after skipping Congress visit

Dennis W. Wiley and daughter Samira Wiley

Culture
Apr 03 2019

Samira Wiley’s dad turned up to Congress to argue for LGBT+ rights