September 28 2025, 08:15 
Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email.
This week’s good news roundup is about the two Cs: celebrities and courts! But, did you also realize it’s Hispanic Heritage Month?!! Make sure to check out some of our good news there, including the little-known queer Hispanic group that was the first of its kind, the history-making transgender R&B singer who was the first to ever win a Latin Music Grammy Award, and the powerful coming out stories of 10 queer Hispanic entertainers (including a few who you may not have realized were Hispanic!).
We should all try to be a bit more like Lady Gaga
Watch as Republicans embarrassingly realize their anti-pronoun policy is a confusing waste of time
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The GOP wanted to stop State Department workers from using pronouns in professional settings, but they didn’t think it completely through.
Elliot Page makes his new relationship red carpet official at Gucci fashion event in Milan, Italy
He was photographed with cisgender comic actress Julia Shiplett.
Pedro Pascal calls trans sister Lux his “muse” in sweet interview: “I see you before I see myself”
In the same chat, Lux spoke how special it was growing up with a brother who always saw her for exactly who she is.
Get ready for some romance!
Community defeats library’s anti-LGBTQ+ book policy
“The court made it clear that Huntington Beach cannot censor books simply because of whose stories they tell.”
Artists cheer as federal judge rules against Trump administration’s censorship
The NEA violated the free speech rights of theater groups that were using NEA grants for LGBTQ+ projects.
Legendary HIV activist Mark King won’t let his trauma define him: “My joy is a big f**k you to AIDS”
Gay men tend to become increasingly invisible as they age, but King refuses to fade into the background. He simply has too much to say.
