LGBTQ+ TOP STORIES Friday, Nov 21, 2025
Queer Romance in the Ring: Celine Ong’s “Hold Me Like a Grudge” Redefines LGBTQ+ Sports Fiction
Celine Ong, a Singaporean queer author, has made a striking debut with "Hold Me Like a Grudge, "a romance novel centering on two professional wrestlers whose rivalry transforms into an intense, affirming love story.
News
Chi Ossé, Black Queer NYC Council Member, Files to Challenge Hakeem Jeffries in Congress
New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a prominent Black queer progressive, has filed paperwork to run in the 2026 Democratic primary against House Minority...
Texas Schools Instruct Teachers to Deadname Trans Students Amid Confusion Over New Law
Texas Senate Bill 12, signed into law in June 2025, includes a "social transition ban"that some school districts have interpreted as requiring teachers to use...
Culture
Joel Edgerton Delivers a Profound, Understated Performance in ‘Train Dreams’
Joel Edgerton plays a logger at the beginning of the 20th century in “Train Dreams.”
Max is a Viking to our Liking
The three bears is an old fairy tale. But there’s nothing grim about Max, a cute bear who, just like baby bear’s porridge, is just right.
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Pride
FBI Employee Sues Over Firing Linked to Pride Flag Display, Raising LGBTQ+ Workplace Concerns
David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran of the FBI, has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk—a flag gifted to him by the...
Marking the Lives Lost: The History and Significance of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance, observed annually on November 20, was founded in 1999 to honor the memory of transgender people lost to anti-transgender...
Media
EDGE Now: 3 Trans Trailblazers Leading Change
Three trans changemakers, Kim Coco Iwamoto, Jace Barron and Bambi Salcedo, share how their work, visibility and activism are reshaping community, culture and...
Undressed To Kill @ Gym U NYC :: October 31, 2025
Susanne Bartsch and David Barton turned Gym U into a full-on haunted haus of hedonism for Undressed To Kill–where costumes were optional, glamour was mandatory,...
EDGE RECOMMENDS
EDGE Now: 3 Queer Icons Who Changed the Game
From the first queen of drag to a pioneering candidate and a trans rights matriarch—meet William Dorsey Swann, José Sarria, and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, three icons who changed the game.
