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A post shared by kyandouglas (@kyandouglas)Kyan Douglas, 51, the former grooming expert on the first series of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy back in 2003, has announced he’s retiring from TV work.After finding fame on Queer Eye, Douglas has frequently appeared on The Rachael Ray Show, where he gives people makeovers. He’s been a regular on the show for over 13 years.Related: Can you guess which Queer Eye star just got his own daytime talk show?On yesterday’s episode, he made the surprise announcement that he was stepping away from working in front of the camera.  A post shared by Rachael Ray Show (@rachaelrayshow)“So, Kyan has an announcement he’s going to share with everybody and he came to us because he has done this show more than any,” said host Ray.

YEAR-LONG LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR TRANSGENDER, NONBINARY, AND GENDER-NONCONFORMING SEMINARIANS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 3, 2022) – For nine years, the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, the Freedom Center for Social Justice and the National LGBTQ Task Forcehave sponsored a program for transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming seminarians in the United States. The program’s goal is to encourage trans students during their training for religious leadership to complete their degrees, follow their vocation, and embrace the fact that their impact as faith leaders can and should extend beyond their chosen settings for ministry and service to include the welfare of the broader communities in which they live. This is the only program that we are aware of that addresses the unique challenges and gifts of trans seminarians.

A gay sexual assault survivor was allegedly seduced by a police officer with the Sussex Police’s Sexual Offences Investigation Team, who asked him to share explicit photographs.The officer investigating the case “did a caring, empathetic interview,” with the man.“In the weeks that followed, he was just amazing,” the man said. “He got me.” Later on when the man logged onto Grindr, he noticed a blank profile, named “BiCurious39”,  and started a conversation.  As the conversation progressed he realised it was the officer investigating his rape case. The officer encouraged the man to send explicit photographs and the officer even told the man that sex with him would “help him heal and regain his sex drive.”Officer ChargedThe man became distressed and reported the officer to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).At the review hearing, the officer was charged with “gross misconduct” with the penalty being instant dismissal.According to the report, “As the officer had already been dismissed from the force for another, unrelated case, no further action was taken.

Don Bachardy was just 18 years old when he met Christopher Isherwood, the author best known for A Single Man and The Berlin Stories, which was turned into the musical, Cabaret. Isherwood was 48, yet despite the age difference, despite how rare it was to be an openly queer couple in the 1950s, the two remained together for the next 33-years until Isherwood's death. "We were both extraordinary," Bachardy says. "Looking back over those years with Chris, I was extraordinary. And the better I knew him, the more extraordinary I became."Now in his 80s, Bachardy has gone on to become of the most respected portrait artists of our time.He joined the LGBTQ&A podcast at his home studio in Calfornia to talk about how radical his relationship with Isherwood was considered, HIV, his art, and the experience of being an out gay couple in the 50s and 60s.You can listen to the full interview on Apple Podcasts or read excerpts below. JM: The age difference aside, what I find so fascinating is that you and Christopher were an openly gay couple in the '50s.DB: Yes.

pled guilty to the murder, shocking even his lawyers.#Breaking: The man behind the murder and suspected gay hate crime of Scott Johnson 33 years ago has been jailed for 12 years.Scott White pleaded guilty to killing Johnson, then 27, at a known gay beat at North Head, and was given a non-parole period of 8 years and 3 months. pic.twitter.com/F6mBXLFokM— 10 News First Sydney (@10NewsFirstSyd) May 3, 2022Today, May 3, Scott White appeared in the New South Wales state Supreme Court, where he was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for the 1988 Sydney murder, with a non-parole period of eight years and three months.Justice Helen Wilson found Scott White guilty of punching Scott Johnson causing him to fall off the cliff to his death.

Related: Man facing jail for historic anti-gay murder was in closet himself, says lawyerPolice eventually reopened the case, acknowledging it was likely Johnson had been attacked.In 2019, authorities offered an AUS$1million reward to anyone for information. This was later doubled to AUS$2million when Johnson’s own brother, Steve, put forward some of his own money to help find those responsible.White was arrested after his former wife came forward and told cops he’d bragged about killing Johnson to her, telling her, “The only good poofter is a dead poofter.”White was arrested last year and initially denied responsibility.

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Trey McBride was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals on 29 April, making him the first-ever NFL player to have same-sex parents.

On Monday night, May 2, a leaked document revealed that the United States Supreme Court has allegedly voted to overturn the historic Roe v Wade ruling, thus retracting abortion rights in the country. The draft opinion exposing the information was published first by Politico and stated that a majority on the nine-member court backed the decision. […]

Los Angeles-born Mr Johnson, 27, at a bar in suburban Manly in December 1988 and went with him to a nearby cliff top at North Head.

A man has admitted to killing an American mathematician in 1988 by pushing him off a cliff in what was described as a gay hate crime by prosecutors.

Lady Gaga has released her uplifting new song, Hold My Hand, which she recorded for the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick movie.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón, left, swears in members of his LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. Photo: LA County District Attorney’s Office.

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian man who in January was convicted of killing a gay American doctoral student more than three decades ago by pushing him off a cliff received a sentence on Tuesday of 12 years. In 1988, the American, Scott Johnson, 27, was a graduate student in mathematics who had moved to Australia to be with his partner. On Dec.

A new video has emerged online showing North Carolina GOP congressman Madison Cawthorn appearing to be groped by a man believed to be one of his staff members.

Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.An initial draft opinion written by right-wing Justice Samuel Alito is being circulated among the justices and was obtained by Politico, which reported on the matter Monday night.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

Parting with over 50 Abercrombie & Fitch catalogues (not #1). 

Trigger Warning: This story discusses a gay hate murder, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The case had remained unsolved for over three decades, until White’s ex-wife Helen alerted the police in 2019 about his role in the murder.Helen told the court that her ex-husband had boasted about “bashing gays” to her and the couple’s children.His lawyers had claimed that White himself was gay.

Lichsenate"I've had this happen. Like, damn, what kind of ego makes someone determine 'if this person isn't into me, it can only be because they are not sexually attracted to my gender'?"—Thesadzombie—captainmagictrousers"Real men just rip the sandwiches in half with their own hands."—Top_Belt251"When I'm feeling extra manly, I just take a bite out of a cow and then chew on some raw wheat. Like a man."—AmigoDelDiabla—KentuckyFriedEel"If you didn't start with it you definitely go straight into 'Fuck You' for an encore, while maintaining contact with them the entire time, obviously."—OnlyGrimLeader—Freshrendar"I have a pink phone.

Legal experts are responding to the bombshell news from Politico, which reports the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to fully overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that found a right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution. The Court has not released its opinion.

After nearly three years of claiming that Don Lemon assaulted him, Dustin Hice has dropped his case against the CNN anchor, claiming to have misremembered the night's events. This news comes just weeks before the civil assault jury trial was to begin, and shortly after a federal judge ordered Hice to pay Lemon $77,000 in attorneys fees for failing to comply with court rules.The filing this evening in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York, brings the chapter to a close.The case began in 2019 when Hice filed a lawsuit against Lemon, claiming that the journalist had assaulted him inside a popular Hamptons bar in July of the previous year.As The Advocate previously reported, Dustin Hice claimed in his lawsuit that after leaving his bartending job during the summer of 2018, he recognized the well-known journalist at a bar in the Hamptons and offered to buy him a drink. According to the lawsuit, Lemon declined the offer, and both went their separate ways.

Today’s Kristen Dahlgren last week, ahead of the draft.“They’ve done a great job of pushing me to be the best version of myself, just constantly getting support and love,” McBride said of his two moms.“I’m excited to see him just live his dream,” Kate McBride said. “When your kid comes to you when they’re little and they say they want to be president, it’s ‘OK, honey, that’s great.’ He wanted to play in the NFL, and he’s going to do it.”Kate and Jen McBride started their family in the mid-1990s, when same-sex couples with children were something of a novelty.

Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and Precita Eyes Muralists founding director Susan Cervantes have organized a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to restore "The Hope for the World Cure" mural in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district.Cervantes was the lead artist and director for the Hope for a World Cure project; the mural was painted in 1998 and commemorates the Castro district's struggle with the AIDS pandemic in vivid colors and rich detail.On the fundraiser's webpage, organizers aim to raise $55,000 to fully restore the mural, which has been damaged by vandals as well as faded over time. In January, Broke Ass Stuart reported that the mural had been badly defaced.

What do you get when you put eight Russian men into a country house and have them try to figure out which one is gay? A new homophobic Russian reality show of course.Vitaly Milonov, a politician affiliated with the far-right United Russia party and best known for his extreme homophobic rhetoric, is presenting the new online series I’m Not Gay and was featured in the first episode.Milonov was the principal sponsor of Russia’s “Gay Propaganda Law,” which prohibits the distribution of pro-LGBTQ material. These materials are any which  “raises interest in…non-traditional sexual predispositions,” or  include “distorted ideas about the equal social value of traditional and non-traditional sexual relationships.”The show has eight men living together as they try and figure out which one is gay.

The Reverend Canon David R. Forbes, a leatherman, outdoorsman, and Episcopal priest loved as much for his compassion as his intellect, died at his home in Palm Springs, April 26, three days short of his 97th birthday.Born April 29, 1926, in Palo Alto, Reverend Forbes would "live a life of extraordinary service to the Episcopal Church, Episcopal schools, and their communities," stated an obituary issued April 28 by Grace Cathedral, where he served on and off in numerous capacities for several decades."Remembered as the first Canon Precentor of the modern era, David was instrumental in the transformation of our liturgy, and the completion and consecration of Grace Cathedral in 1964," according to the obituary.

Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. has prohibited Pride flags to be flown outside any of its offices during Pride month.

Who among us hasn’t looked in the mirror and wished something was different? But it might be good practice to start accepting the things we can’t change, so to speak, especially since poor body image can be detrimental to our mental health.Speaking to The Guardian in 2019, a spokesperson for the Mental Health Foundation cited research suggesting that “higher body dissatisfaction is associated with poorer quality of life, psychological distress, and risk of unhealthy eating behaviors and eating disorders.”Meanwhile, Josh Bradlow, a spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ equality organization Stonewall, told the newspaper that “stereotypical assumptions and beliefs about masculinity and femininity can be deeply damaging for how anyone—especially LGBT people—see themselves and their bodies.”At least these insecurities seem to fall away with age. In a recent poll of more than four thousand UK adults, 57 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds admitted to body-image anxieties, though that number fell to 30 percent for 45- to 54-year-olds and 20 percent for those 55 and over.In any case, users of Reddit’s r/askgaybros subreddit recently listed the attributes that guys shouldn’t feel insecure about, and their responses might put you at ease.

Last Week Tonight when it came to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his attacks against Disney.The GOP governor signed a bill last month that stripped Disney World of its special self-governing status in response to the company speaking out against that state's “don’t say gay” law.After the bill was signed by DeSantis, the Walt Disney Company was quick to release a statement vowing to help repeal the contentious law. The special status Disney World held started in 1967 and had served to let Disney economically boost central Florida while allowing the company millions in tax breaks and annual fees, according to Vanity Fair.“Yeah, it’s true: In the part of central Florida where Disney World is, the company technically functions as a self-contained government, providing essential services — except, crucially, a morgue,” Oliver joked.

know what it means to be transgender now…People know that gender affirming care saves lives,” Maines said. “We know that transgender kids are not being groomed by their parents.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, homosexuality was classified as a “sociopathic personality disturbance,” characterized by a failure to conform to prevailing social norms. As a result, every gay man and lesbian, no matter how well-adjusted, was branded as mentally ill.

the upcoming series Generation Drag, a reality docu series about teen drag performers. A trailer for the series was released by Paramount+ last week, and Boebert took exception, sharing her feelings on Twitter. Retweeting a post from the anti-LGBTQ+ account of Chaya Raichik (aka “Libs of TikTok’’), Bobert captioned her tweet “Siri, define grooming,” in keeping with the right’s current — deeply cynical and homophobic — midterm strategy of equating anything LGBTQ+ related to grooming and pedophilia.

The biggest drag show in herstory has four new queens. RuPaul’s Drag Race LIVE!, which made its debut in January 2020 at Flamingo Las Vegas, has added to its cast of Drag Race All-Stars.

There is no “right time” to come out of the closet, but judging by the reaction to one woman’s story, there might be a few “wrong times.”In an anonymous Reddit post titled “Am I the a**hole (AITA) for throwing a ‘tantrum’ after my brother came out at my wedding?”, the woman, 27, explained that she came out as a lesbian to her homophobic parents when she was 12 years old, and that it took them years to accept.It also caused her younger brother, Olly, to become her parents’ de facto “golden child.” “It made my relationship with Olly a little salty,” she wrote.She explained that her parents and Olly attended her recent wedding, which she described as a “welcoming environment” with many queer people in attendance.During the reception, she noticed a commotion coming from her family’s table. Her brother, now 23, had just come out to their parents as gay.“Olly took advantage of the moment to come out (nothing new, I had doubted his sexuality since he was a child, but it wasn’t up to me to expose it),” the post read.

Lancaster Online reports. “Parents reported that the event was advertised as a drag show.” Performers were professional dancers, not students. Video of the event was shared online.The show, held last Monday, was sponsored by the school’s Gay Sexuality Alliance Club.

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host of Celebrity Lingofor the U.K.’s ITV network. This is on the heels of February’s announcement that the Drag Race creator would be hosting a U.S. version of Lingo as well.For those unfamiliar with the game show, contestants are pitted against one another as they attempt to guess the letters of a word — it’s essentially Wordle meets bingo.

Disney over the company's opposition to the so-called "don't say gay" bill is "foolish" and shows the Florida governor as thin-skinned, according to a former GOP congressman.David Jolly, who represented Florida's 13th congressional district between 2014 and 2017, believes that DeSantis may have gone too far in going after Disney in the latest outbreak of the culture wars.Jolly, who left the Republican Party in 2018 and is a vocal critic of top DeSantis ally Donald Trump, told The Washington Post the governor was taking a risk by feuding with a company that is a major source of pride, and income, in the Sunshine State."It's a foolish move politically, but he'll use it as currency in the Republican Party politics of today to say it's a war on woke," Jolly said."Disney will be fine. But what this does is show Americans that Ron DeSantis is a governor with a glass jaw who cannot tolerate criticism.

James Craig, seems to have reversed his allyship to the LGBTQ community, saying he'd want a "more aggressive" version of Florida's controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill.Last Thursday, Craig, a former Detroit police chief, told WJBK that if he were to be elected governor, he would go even further than lawmakers in Florida, banning classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation beyond kindergarten through third grade all the way up to middle school."I'd be a little more aggressive with it. I would go beyond the third grade.

Los Angeles Times that they can no longer remain silent amidst the public battle over CEO Bob Chapek’s initial lack of opposition to Florida’s controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, aka the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on March 28. Last week, Charlee’s father Roy P.

A great-grandchild of Roy O. Disney — brother of Walt and cofounder of the Walt Disney Company — has come out as trans and is speaking out against Florida’s right-wing leadership and the ‘Don’t Say Gay” bill Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed into law, according to Los Angeles Times columnist Robin Abcarian.

The Mayor of New York City has launched an ad campaign denouncing the passage of Florida’s “shameful” “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, while calling on LGBTQI Floridians to come and live in New York City.Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” officially named the Parental Rights in Education Bill, will restrict the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity. It states, “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade three or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”Parents would be able to sue if a school if school is suspected of violating the law.LGBTQ+ activist Daniel Dromm said, “These ads will reaffirm New York City’s commitment to creating an inclusive school environment, in sharp contrast to the discriminatory policies of Governor DeSantis.”The campaign will run on social media and on digital billboards across Florida for eight weeks, from April 4 until May 29.© Star Observer 2022 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTIQ) news in Australia, be sure to visit

Randy Rainbow has waded into the battle over Florida’s newly-signed “Don’t Say Gay” law. In his latest video, he blasts Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling him a “slimy self-interested douchebag.” He also claims DeSantis buys all his suits “off the clearance rack of Burlington coat factory.”As we say at Queerty: them’s fighting words!Rainbow has built a career making parody videos, often lampooning anti-LGBTQ politicians for their ignorance and hate-mongering.

Randy Rainbow’s latest video says something newly forbidden in the state of Florida, thanks to the signing of the “don’t say gay” bill, and it’s that he’s “Gaaaay!”The musical satirist’s latest video, “Gay!”, opens with him “interviewing” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

According to the mayor's office, it will be promoted in five Florida markets.The bill was nicknamed after a section that says it prohibits "classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels or in a specified manner." The bill, which Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law last week, has sparked anger from many LGBTQ activists, companies and celebrities.This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

An LGBTQ+ advocacy group in Florida has sued Governor Ron DeSantis after he signed the highly problematic ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill on Tuesday 29 March.We're proud to represent our extraordinary plaintiffs in challenging Florida’s discriminatory and unconstitutional #DontSayGay law.Here’s our complaint: https://t.co/oYKRz1wYCb@NCLRights @equalityfl @family_equality pic.twitter.com/GI5rQSQrPc— Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP (@KaplanHecker) March 31, 2022The lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in Tallahassee by the National Centre for Lesbian Rights on behalf of Equality Florida and Family Equality. They each believe that the new law is a violation of the First Amendment rights to free expression and other provisions of the United States Constitution.In a statement announcing their proceedings against the Governor, the LGBTQ+ group says that “This effort to control young minds through state censorship — and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality — is a grave abuse of power.” The case also states that “The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and their families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity.”  A post shared by NCLR (@nclrights)In addition to this, the lawsuit includes statements from parents affected by the bill, including this emotional one from Dan and Brent VanTice: “Already, our children have told us that they are afraid that they will not be able to talk about their parents at school.

On March 30, 2022, NCLR, with our colleagues at Kaplan, Hecker & Fink LLP, filed a new lawsuit challenging Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” legislation, which Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on March 28. Along with several students, parents, and teachers, we represent Equality Florida, which has over 400,000 members, and Family Equality, the nation’s leading group for LGBTQ-parent families and their children. 

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Florida’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law, signed this week by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.