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Oh, Burger King. You’ve long been one of the queer community’s biggest supporters in the fast food world—a proper Burger Queen! And we appreciate that.

Senate Republicans for their "hateful" effort to add content warnings on children's shows that feature LGBTQ characters.Last month, five GOP senators wrote a letter to Charles Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Board Chairman of the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board, requesting that the Board amend its current guidelines so that the federal ratings system would include warnings on content featuring LGBTQ characters and storylines.The Republican effort comes on the heels of Florida's recent parental rights bill, also dubbed by critics as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which prevents classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation.The controversy over the bill also sparked a public feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney, which opposed the legislation. In what has been seen as a retaliatory attack, DeSantis stripped Disney of the self-governing rights it has had for more than 55 years in the state."As Christian consumers, we oppose the hateful idea of adding content warnings against televised depictions of LGBTQ characters, stories, and content," the Faithful America petition reads.

KERA. “This is not about hate,” resident Gina Woodlee said during her allotted time. “This is about the LGBTQ community taking away our freedom to not have this proclaimed over our city.”Among those speaking against a proclamation was Shelley, who claims he does business in Arlington and has church members that live in the city.“I am horrified and ashamed that this city has decided to promote and solicit ‘Pride’ in this city.

In a stellar turn of events, one Twitter user’s request for video game recommendations turned into another example of LGBTQ+ allyship from the Star Wars franchise.In April, a 28-year-old “prairie queer” Elliot asked the Twitterverse for help deciding between two games to play during their recovery from top surgery.“People who have played LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga… Is it good/worth it?” they wrote. “My mother is going to buy me a video game for top surgery recovery, and I am debating between that and Kirby, LOL.”About 24 hours later, Elliot posted an all-caps update, showing how the Star Wars Twitter account came through in a big way: “SO THE OFFICIAL STAR WARS TWITTER JUST GIFTED ME THE GAME AND EVEN SENT A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE FOR SURGERY RECOVERY? STAR WARS SAYS TRANS RIGHTS!”SO THE OFFICIAL STAR WARS TWITTER JUST GIFTED ME THE GAME AND EVEN SENT A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE FOR SURGERY RECOVERY???? STAR WARS SAYS TRANS RIGHTS!!!— eli ? (@lolitselliot) April 14, 2022Related: Guess which queer star will conquer the ‘Star Wars’ galaxy…And a few days after that, Elliot showed off their Nintendo Switch menu screen, with LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga added to their video game library.

supports HTML5 videoNothing is ever plain sailing with Gemma Collins, but we wouldn’t want it any other way.The Towie star, like most of the UK, has been celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee this week, and hosted a party at her Essex mansion.However, the reality TV icon, 41, ended up taking a tumble and falling flat on her face on stage, which she did, in her own words, in ‘true GC style’.At least Gemma was able to laugh off her trip, which has naturally provided endless laughs for the internet.Before any of her pals could embarrass her, she beat them to it by posting a video of the hilarious moment on her Instagram, which boasts 2.2million followers.The video shows partygoers listening to God Save the Queen in Gemma’s garden while she walked up to the stage to take the microphone.But gravity was just not on her side, as she slipped and ended up on the ground.At least she looked fashionable while the awkward moment occurred, as the meme queen donned a bright green fringed dress, perfect for a sunny day.Her friends and followers were lapping up the chaos, with her comments section immediately flooded with crying laughing emoji.‘Hahahah love you!’, commented former Love Island contestant Amy Hart.‘Omfg this is amazing

Red, White & Royal Blue has found its stars!Casey McQuiston’s royal romance swept fans away back in 2019. The story follows Alex Claremont-Diaz, the son of the current President of the United States, and Prince Henry, British royalty, as they are forced to make nice for the cameras after news of a scandalous feud between them hits the tabloids.Naturally, things between them slowly morph from hostility to love, and they are faced with the potential complications of coming clean with their romance, and what it might mean for not only themselves, but their families.It was announced earlier this week that Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine will be stepping into the roles of Alex and Prince Henry, respectively.

Time is almost up for Jim Jordan.This week, the House committee investigating January 6 informed the anti-LGBTQ congressman that he has until June 11 to comply with the subpoena it sent him last month demanding his testimony.In a letter, Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the committee, wrote: “Cooperation with our investigation would also give you the opportunity to resolve, on the record, inconsistencies in your public statements about the events of Jan.

Pulse with her husband in 2004 to honor her late brother John who passed from AIDS in 1991. It was a business proposal pitched to them by their best friend at the time, whose dream was to open an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando. Poma saw it as an opportunity to pay tribute to a community she grew up in, choosing the name “Pulse” to remember her brother’s heart that kept beating through her acts of love and service.Orlando’s queer community found their own beat within the nightclub, which quickly became one of the few unencumbered, safe spaces in the area where all felt seen and accepted.

Destry Rides Again: A long, unbroken brawl scene between Una Merkel and none other than Marlene Dietrich, one of the original gay icons of the silver screen.In more recent years, it feels like a number of films have been built around their catfights, pulling audiences in with the promise of some fierce girl-on-girl action. And, you know what? It gets us every time!Let’s take a look back through recent movie history—roughly the past 20 years—and reflect on six of the wildest catfights committed to film, the sensational skirmishes that never fail to have queer audiences hooting and hollering.And, to paraphrase the great Stefani Germanotta (a.k.a.

A father’s request to see his son’s “boy toy” has gone viral for the purest and loveliest of reasons.A teen named Louis shared the text exchange between him and his father.“Send me the pic of u and ur boy toy,” read Dad’s text, followed by two adorable photos of Louis with his boyfriend.Related: Muslim father attempted suicide after his son came out, now they’re closer than everIn the caption, Louis adds that his father wanted the photos so he could show off the couple at work.Here’s the tweet that’s since been liked over 50K times and shared by 7K people:So my dad shows off my boyfriend and I at work ?:’) pic.twitter.com/lQcQcRitxI— Golden Boy?? (@ninoCachondo) April 2, 2018After a few days of overwhelmingly positive response, Louis added this to the thread:Imma take this time to appreciate the parents i have. I’m beyond blessed to have been born into this life.

press release by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office in Pennsylvania.Authorities said that Young had been stabbed to death.The heir’s family has been looking for him since his disappearance. Unknown to them, Young’s body was found on September 30, 2019, at Awbury Arboretum in Philadelphia.

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GEMMA Collins can fall over like nobody else in showbiz - and yesterday she took yet another tumble. The former Towie and Celebrity Big Brother star suffered a very public fall as she took to the stage at a Platinum Jubilee event.

After two long years, Pride is back with a bang! Limerick Pride Festival will be hosting a week-long celebration centred around their theme ‘A Culture of Pride’. They have prepared a unique line-up with a wide variety of events, running from July 4 until July 10 with the Pride parade taking place on July 9. […]

Michael Appler On Wednesday evening in New York City — about 60 miles and a ferry ride away from its subject— “Fire Island,” Joel Kim Booster’s romantic comedy about a weekend spent in New York’s chosen queer haven, held its premiere at the SVA Theatre.On 23rd Street in Chelsea, guests including Alok Viad-Menon, Jackie Cox, Peppermint and John Cameron Mitchell, as well as stars Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Conrad Ricamora and James Scully assembled to celebrate the film as part of New York’s NewFest Pride. You could have lifted the premiere’s guest list from any summer weekend spent at the Pines, something to be celebrated for a new film distributed by a gatekeeper studio like Searchlight Pictures.

Tomorrow marks 100 days since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine which continues to displace and take the lives of millions of innocent people. As a response to the ongoing tragedy, Dublin is showing its support for Ukraine during the 2022 Pride Festival. The official website for Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride features a new Ukrainian […]

Joel Kim Booster—and we’re certainly not complaining.This month alone, the actor-writer-comedian can be seen in the instant classic rom-com Fire Island on Hulu, opposite Maya Rudolph’s wannabe philanthropist in AppleTV+ comedy series Loot, and in his incisively hilarious new stand-up special on Netflix, Psychosexual. In this era of streaming wars, Booster is a bona fide triple agent.And while it’s something of a coincidence that the performer has so many high-profile projects dropping at once, this supernova moment for Booster is far from a lark.

Joel Kim Booster had a thought: Why do we even need movie trailers? Sure, they give people a bite-size look at a film they might find intriguing, but couldn’t we just … not? This was the theory Booster advanced to me one evening in late April, just hours after the trailer was released for “Fire Island,” a gay romantic comedy he wrote and starred in. Booster had anticipated this moment with a not-inconsiderable level of anxiety, so he met the morning with a plan: After posting the trailer online, he would go back to bed, then keep himself distracted with a trip to the gym and several palliative episodes of “Real Housewives.” A few hours into this plan, as his phone blew up with text messages and Twitter began to pick the trailer apart, he texted the “Fire Island” director Andrew Ahn to announce that he was having either a heart attack or a series of mini-strokes.

Daily News, the assailant reportedly attacked the unidentified 31-year-old victim on a subway train in the Bronx around 1 a.m. Wednesday because the man was playing his music too loud.

Ron DeSantis' administration is taking aim at transition-related care for children and adolescents in the state, the latest development in a recent wave of bills and other actions targeting treatment for transgender youth across the country.In a letter sent to the Florida Board of Medicine, which was obtained by NBC News, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo wrote that he has recommended against "certain pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical, and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria," citing guidance released by the Florida Department of Health in April. He wrote that Florida "must do more to protect children from politics-based medicine.""Otherwise, children and adolescents in our state will continue to face a substantial risk of long-term harm," Ladapo added.The request, which was dated June 2, came days after the start of Pride Month, an annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community that coincides with the anniversary of the June 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City.

Nick Cannon discusses fatherhood, speaking openly about his struggles and more in a candid new interview with Men’s Health.

Trevor: The Musical, based on the 1994 Academy Award-winning film of the same name.Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis’s new musical originally premiered at Chicago’s Writers Theatre then reopened Off-Broadway at Stage 42. The production follows a similar plotline to the film, which follows what happens to 13-year-old Trevor after it’s revealed that he has a crush on a schoolmate.Related: Don’t miss these 16 LGBTQ theatrical events of the summer It’s said that musicals enable characters the opportunity to express heightened emotion through song, and Trevor: The Musical is no exception.

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David Hearn, left with a friend at the 2019 Miller Lite Music Festival (Photo courtesy of Dallas Pride)

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Dallas Pride Executive Director Jaron Turnbow, second from left, and members of the Dallas Pride Committee (Photo courtesy of Dallas Pride)

GCN has teamed up with the mega-talented Yungblud to give our lovely readers a chance to see him live in concert this June – just enter the competition below and you could be the lucky winner of a pair of tickets! The pop-punk sensation will be returning to Dublin to take stage at the 3Arena […]

Death threats fail to stop 7,000 people marching at Jerusalem PrideLondon Pride: LGBTQ+ events in the capital this JuneWhen is Pride Month 2022 and why do people celebrate it?This Pride Month, people have been urged to ‘do more than wear a rainbow pin’ to encourage a further change in attitudes toward LGBTQ+ people.Nancy Kelley, CEO of Stonewall, said: Over the last 50 years, every battle for the rights of LGBTQ+ communities has been fought in the court of public opinion as well as in the corridors of power. ‘This data reminds us to celebrate how far we’ve come, as well as focus on how far there is to go.

Arek Sarkissian 06/03/2022 08:58 AM EDT Link CopiedTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Medicaid regulator has determined that taxpayer-subsidized health coverage should not include transition-related medical care for the treatment of gender dysphoria, or the feeling of discomfort or distress some transgender people experience when their bodies don’t align with their gender.What happened: Tom Wallace, the deputy secretary for Medicaid at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, submitted a report on Thursday that claims there was no evidence showing that gender-affirming care is a safe and effective way to treat gender dysphoria.“Rather, the available evidence demonstrates that these treatments cause irreversible physical changes and side effects that can affect long-term health,” the AHCA report states.Medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, support gender-affirming care for adults and adolescents.But medical experts said gender-affirming care for children rarely, if ever, includes surgery.

Pride month has begun, and one couple is shining a light on discrimination for the second year in a row.Last summer, Anibal Fachino and Lance Mier took over the internet with their clever response to a neighbor complaining about their pride flag. They originally shared their story with Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance forum in June 2021, where it received almost 100,000 upvotes and 6,500 comments.The idea came to the couple after their local homeowners' association (HOA) in Racine, Wisconsin, created a rule that residents were only allowed to fly the American flag on their property.

Stranger Things fans will soon be getting more insight into one of its main characters.

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Above, Team Clover Open has long been one of the most popular pre-LifeWalk team events. Now it is one of the major events in the Summer of LifeWalk. (Photo courtesy of Prism Health North Texas).

In Afghanistan, the Taliban are using the spread of monkeypox as an “excuse” to round up and detain LGBTQ+ people. Even though no officially recorded cases have emerged in the country, the Taliban are justifying their attacks on the LGBTQ+ community with the need to prevent the spread of the virus. Monkeypox is a rare […]

Hennessy Winkler, Sis, and the company of the national tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!(Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)

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James O’Hagan and Cian Sullivan from Sissy That Pod just dropped a brand new podcast and here’s why you shouldn’t miss it. Queer Classified aims to revisit cult classics, forgotten gems and massive blockbusters through a “contemporary rainbow lens”. You might remember James O’Hagan and Cian Sullivan from Sissy That Pod, their Drag Race recap […]

Tiffany Darwish, known to her legion of fans simply as Tiffany, has been singing since she first learned the words to Tanya Tucker’s hit, “Delta Dawn.” Although she started out singing country music — she was “discovered” in the early 1980s by Hoyt Axton who took her to Nashville — it’s as a pop star that she found fame. Tiffany released her first, eponymously-name

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