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Brooke Sopelsa

Brooke Sopelsa is the editorial director of NBC Out, NBC News' LGBTQ digital destination. 

Brooke Sopelsa is the editorial director of NBC Out, NBC News' LGBTQ digital destination. 

Latest from Brooke Sopelsa

2d ago

North Carolina Catholic school didn’t violate the law by firing gay teacher, appeals court rules

A Roman Catholic high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, did not violate federal civil rights law by firing a gay teacher after he announced that he would marry his same-sex partner, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling.
8d ago

Top New York official asks Best Buy about its commitment to LGBTQ groups after conservative pressure

The New York state comptroller sent a letter to Best Buy last week questioning whether the company changed its commitment to inclusivity and supporting LGBTQ groups. The letter was sent four weeks after NBC News was first to report that the consumer electronics giant offered to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations following conservative pressure.
17d ago

A lesbian archive inside a Brooklyn brownstone has documented decades of Sapphic history

The Lesbian Herstory Archives, the home of an LGBTQ history trove in Brooklyn, New York, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
42d ago

Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows

Best Buy offered to screen donations from its employee resource groups going to LGBTQ causes after pressure from a conservative think tank, SEC filing shows.
57d ago

Australian soccer player is engaged after proposing to his boyfriend on the pitch

Josh Cavallo, Australia’s first active male professional soccer player to come out as gay, said he is engaged following an on-the-field proposal to his partner.
58d ago

Nearly 30% of Gen Z women identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds

The percentage of LGBTQ adults in the U.S. continues to increase, reaching an all-time high of 7.6% in 2023, according to a new Gallup report.
60d ago

Lady Gaga calls out ‘hatred’ over Dylan Mulvaney’s International Women’s Day post

Lady Gaga did not mince words calling out the negative responses to an International Women’s Day post she was featured in with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
65d ago

Kristen Stewart and her 'Love Lies Bleeding' co-star on bringing lesbian sex to the cinema

“Love Lies Bleeding,” starring Kristen Stewart as a gym manager besotted with a wayward female bodybuilder, is neither for the prudish nor the faint of heart.

Kansas AG says schools can't hide trans kids’ gender identities from parents

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach says schools can’t conceal trans kids’ gender identities from parents, which can include given names and pronouns used at school.

Out actors Colman Domingo and Jodie Foster get Oscar nods for playing gay characters

The list of openly LGBTQ actors who have earned Oscar nominations is small, but Colman Domingo joined for his role in "Rustin," along with Jodie Foster for "Nyad."
129d ago

Two men arrested in connection with the beating of a lesbian and a trans woman in Miami

Two men have been arrested and charged with hate crimes in connection with the brutal beating of two LGBTQ women in Miami that was caught on camera in November.