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bullying accusations leveled against the Duchess of Sussex.Cohen worked for the royal family since 2001 and was Markle’s private secretary in 2021 when the first complaint was made that the former “Suits” star created a hostile work environment. Although she would not elaborate in an interview with the Australian newspaper The Herald Sun, Cohen, an Aussie, told the outlet Monday, “I was only supposed to stay for six months but stayed for 18 — we couldn’t find a replacement for me and when we did we took them on tour to Africa with Harry and Meghan to show them the ropes but they left (quit) as well while in Africa.”Cohen stopped working for the royals in 2019.The Post has contacted reps for Markle and Buckingham Palace for comment.The allegations came just days before Markle and Prince Harry sat down for their bombshell tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey — in which the American Orchard Riviera founder claimed life in the royal family was “almost unsurvivable.” The HR review was privately funded by Queen Elizabeth II and carried out by an independent investigator in March 2021 after two royal staffers alleged they’d been bullied while working for her.Markle’s legal team denied any allegations of bullying — calling them a “calculated smear campaign.

Ketanji Brown Jackson has warned that her conservative colleagues failed to show "reason and restraint" by allowing Idaho's transgender youth health care ban to be enforced during an appeal.The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday granted a request from Idaho officials to allow enforcement of a near-total ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender youth while the case works its way through the courts. The ban had previously been temporarily blocked by a lower court.The decision does not apply to the two teenage transgender girls whose families filed a lawsuit over the ban.

The cast of the ‘Girl from the North Country’ North American tour (photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)

Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Gay and lusty, you say??? No additional context was given, but frankly we didn’t need it—we were sold, and we were ready to see this mystery movie immediately.Good morning pic.twitter.com/0pu6ZQDwpONaturally, the title card became meme fodder for the internet’s bored brightest gay minds:“MGM? More like M4M,” one user joked. “The opening credits to my day to day life,” cracked another.

A post shared by Derrick Gordon (@itsderrickgordon)It was 10 years ago when Derrick Gordon thought about quitting basketball. The ultra-talented guard’s teammates at UMass Amherst teased him endlessly about his suspected orientation, driving him into a season of isolation.Now a decade later, Gordon is a trailblazer.