Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025

LGBTQ+ TOP STORIES Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025

Italian Cooking and Its Rituals Get UN Designation As World Heritage

Italian Cooking and Its Rituals Get UN Designation As World Heritage

Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes, but the U.N.’s cultural agency is giving foodies another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu by listing Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage

by Paolo Santalucia, Silvia Stellacci and Nicole Winfield | 2 hours ago

Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler Claims Upset State House Win in Historically Republican District
Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler Claims Upset State House Win in Historically Republican District

by Jeff Amy | 2 hours ago
Senate Heads Toward Dueling Partisan Votes on Health Care, With Each Likely to Fail
Senate Heads Toward Dueling Partisan Votes on Health Care, With Each Likely to Fail

by Mary Clare Jalonick and Ali Swenson | 3 hours ago
US Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Released 3 Weeks After Arrest in Japan for Alleged Drug Smuggling
US Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Released 3 Weeks After Arrest in Japan for Alleged Drug Smuggling

by Mari Yamaguchi | 3 hours ago
Judge Orders Georgia to Continue Hormone Therapy for Transgender Inmates
Judge Orders Georgia to Continue Hormone Therapy for Transgender Inmates

by Jeff Amy | Dec 9
Queer Alt‑Pop Artist Evann McIntosh Marks New Era With “Free Ride” and “Blue Movie Magic”
Queer Alt‑Pop Artist Evann McIntosh Marks New Era With “Free Ride” and “Blue Movie Magic”

Dec 9

News

Trans Methodist Pastor Whose Coming-Out Sermon Went Viral Says Outpouring of Support Is Transforming Her Ministry
Trans Methodist Pastor Whose Coming-Out Sermon Went Viral Says Outpouring of Support Is Transforming Her Ministry

A United Methodist pastor in Rochester, New York, whose coming‑out sermon as a transgender woman went viral, says she has been “flooded with love” from...

Dec 9

Trump Threatens Funding for Chicago Transit After Woman Set on Fire
Trump Threatens Funding for Chicago Transit After Woman Set on Fire

The Trump administration is threatening to pull public transportation funding from Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman...

by Todd Richmond | Dec 9

About 400 Immigrant Children Were Detained Longer Than the Recommended Limit, ICE Admits
About 400 Immigrant Children Were Detained Longer Than the Recommended Limit, ICE Admits

by Valerie Gonzalez | Dec 9
ABC Signs Jimmy Kimmel to a One-Year Contract Extension, Months After Temporary Suspension
ABC Signs Jimmy Kimmel to a One-Year Contract Extension, Months After Temporary Suspension

by David Bauder | Dec 9
Denver LGBTQ+ Youth Organization YouthSeen Closes Office After Burglary and Major Funding Losses
Denver LGBTQ+ Youth Organization YouthSeen Closes Office After Burglary and Major Funding Losses

Dec 9

Culture

Lily Allen Drops USB of New Album "West End Girl" in Provocative Plug Design
Lily Allen Drops USB of New Album "West End Girl" in Provocative Plug Design

Lily Allen is promoting her new album "West End Girl" with a limited-edition USB drive shaped like a butt plug, igniting viral conversation about creativity,...

Dec 9

In 'The Chronology of Water,' Imogen Poots Found a Great Role, and a Best Friend in Kristen Stewart
In 'The Chronology of Water,' Imogen Poots Found a Great Role, and a Best Friend in Kristen Stewart

Imogen Poots has been working in film, television and theater for 20 years

by Lindsey Bahr | Dec 9

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Bad Bunny Wins Grindr Unwrapped's “Best Bulge of 2025”
Bad Bunny Wins Grindr Unwrapped's “Best Bulge of 2025”

Dec 9
The Quietest Corner of the Caribbean That Most Tourists Don't Know About
The Quietest Corner of the Caribbean That Most Tourists Don't Know About

by Mandy Applegate | Dec 9
Raul Malo, the Soulful Tenor and Frontman of the Mavericks, Has Died at Age 60
Raul Malo, the Soulful Tenor and Frontman of the Mavericks, Has Died at Age 60

by The Associated Press | Dec 9

Pride

From Tumblr Microlabel to LGBTQ+ Talking Point: How “Berrisexuality” Entered the Conversation
From Tumblr Microlabel to LGBTQ+ Talking Point: How “Berrisexuality” Entered the Conversation

An emerging internet-born term, “berrisexuality,” is gaining attention in LGBTQ+ online spaces as a microlabel describing people primarily attracted to...

Dec 8

National LGBTQ Task Force's Winter Party Festival Returns To Miami Beach February 26-March 2, 2026
National LGBTQ Task Force's Winter Party Festival Returns To Miami Beach February 26-March 2, 2026

Now in its 33rd year, the festival will welcome thousands of international attendees to the iconic South Florida destination for the hottest winter in the...

Dec 7

Phyla-Vell Suits Up: How Marvel's Cosmic Invasion Is Bringing a Canonical Lesbian Hero to Life
Phyla-Vell Suits Up: How Marvel's Cosmic Invasion Is Bringing a Canonical Lesbian Hero to Life

Dec 2
Swiss Tennis Star Mika Brunold Comes Out as Gay, Becomes Second Active Male Pro to Publicly Share His Identity
Swiss Tennis Star Mika Brunold Comes Out as Gay, Becomes Second Active Male Pro to Publicly Share His Identity

Dec 1
Breaking the Stained-Glass Ceiling: Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster Ushers in a New Era for Queer Lutherans
Breaking the Stained-Glass Ceiling: Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster Ushers in a New Era for Queer Lutherans

Nov 27

Media

Santa Speedo Run Chicago :: December 6, 2025
Santa Speedo Run Chicago :: December 6, 2025

Santa didn't just come to town–she sprinted in a Speedo! The 14th annual run hit Sidetrack with Debbie Fox hosting, raising coins, cheers, and temps for Center...

by Jerry Nunn | Dec 6

Save Our Sex @ Lips Restaurant :: December 1, 2025
Save Our Sex @ Lips Restaurant :: December 1, 2025

Columbia's Research Unit said "let's talk about it and let's make it fabulous," hosting Save Our Sex – a panel where the convo was deep, the dinner was free,...

by Wilsonmodels | Dec 2

EDGE Now: Top Queer Holiday Movies You’ll Love
EDGE Now: Top Queer Holiday Movies You’ll Love

Nov 26
EDGE Now: 3 Trans Trailblazers Leading Change
EDGE Now: 3 Trans Trailblazers Leading Change

Nov 14
Undressed To Kill @ Gym U NYC :: October 31, 2025
Undressed To Kill @ Gym U NYC :: October 31, 2025

by Wilsonmodels | Nov 3

EDGE RECOMMENDS

EDGE Now: Halloween Divas

Edge Now crowns the ultimate Halloween divas—Elvira (Cassandra Peterson), the Sanderson Sisters of Hocus Pocus, and Morticia Addams—celebrating camp, gothic glam, and queer-pop culture’s most iconic witches.