Batgirl star Ivory Aquino delivers sweet message to co-star Leslie Grace following the film’s cancellation

Related: Gay baseball player Bryan Ruby describes “hyper-masculine” locker room experience after coming outYoung said he’s struggled with his sexuality in the past, but he’s “becoming more proud and happy with who I am.”“I have realized that the only reason I never liked this part of who I am was because of what society has told me, not because of how I actually feel,” he added.He concluded his post by declaring, “My name is Nico Young and I’m proud to be gay!”  A post shared by Nico Young (@nico__young__)Congrats on speaking your truth, and we’re happy to have you on the team!Here’s more from Young’s Instagram:  A post shared by Nico Young (@nico__young__)  A post shared by Nico Young (@nico__young__)  A post shared by Nico Young (@nico__young__)  A post shared by Nico Young (@nico__young__)  A post shared by Nico Young (@nico__young__)  A post shared by Nico Young (@nico__young__)

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(CNN) -- Democrat Mary Peltola is set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress -- while thwarting the attempted political comeback of former Gov. Sarah Palin -- by winning a special House election, according to unofficial ranked-choice voting results released Wednesday by the state Division of Elections.Her unlikely bid for the House was unique to Alaska, where political relationships span decades and voters who have elected independents and write-in candidates to major offices have what Peltola calls a "libertarian bent" that at times defies the partisan label the state has earned by voting consistently for Republican presidential candidates.She has a warm relationship with Palin, who once gave her family's backyard trampoline to Peltola's family, and she once spent Thanksgiving with the late Rep.

Variety's new cover star Billy Eichner has defended his decision to have an all-queer cast even for straight roles in his gay rom com Bros.The choice arose out of the 43-year-old's frustration with the amount of meaty film roles, including gay ones, that went to straight actors in the past.'It’s not about saying a straight actor should never play gay,' he told Variety. 'But we need a more equal playing field.

India on Aug. 15 celebrated 76 years of independence. 

If you’re still having trouble with the ethical struggle of separating the art from the artist, fret no longer! J.K. Rowling has made it easy for whatever fans she has left by REMOVING THE LINE BETWEEN REAL LIFE AND FICTION.

San Francisco‘s leather district (officially recognized as such by the city in 2018) The Folsom Street Fair takes place in the SoMa neighborhood (South of Market Street), between 8th and 13th streets. It dates back to 1984.

Calvin Klein has just released the stars of their Fall/Winter 2022 campaign, and two of the models are going to keep us warm straight through to the spring.Candyman‘s Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Euphoria‘s Dominic Fike are just a couple of CK’s eye-catching stars, but they truly are a sight.As always, this brand knows exactly how to advertise:all

The Washington Post.The scheme allegedly took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, when schools were closed for over a year and were struggling to connect students to virtual learning platforms. Prosecutors claim Ward took advantage of the situation to put in orders for technology that never materialized, instead using the money to purchase a $169,000 property in West Virginia, at least nine vehicles — including two Teslas worth $218,000 and a Ford F-450 worth $120,000 — and assorted art and sports memorabilia.

Former soccer star David Beckham is facing a seemingly endless barrage of criticism for his new video promoting Qatar as “perfection,” despite the country’s atrocious record on LGBTQ+, women’s and worker’s rights.In 2021, Beckham inked a deal to be the media-friendly face of the vehemently homophobic Gulf state ahead of this year’s World Cup. It was initially reported that the gig would net him £10 million ($18 million U.S.), though that’s been updated to a staggering £150 million ($174.3 million U.S.).In the short promo, the self-described “gay icon” says “the modern and traditional fuse to create something really special” in Qatar.

Sex workers aren’t always a part of the conversation in working with the LGBTQ community, but they should be. Sex workers are often targeted, harassed, and assaulted. Brian and Colman sit down with advocate Kevin Chadwin Davis as he discusses his own story in the business.

Whitney Rose vehemently denied having anything to do with her Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City costar Heather Gay's black eye on Wednesday morning.The 36-year-old country singer addressed the shocking injury, which was unveiled in the latest trailer for the series, after a fan account tweeted at her.'Did you do this yes or no,' wrote the account while including a closeup of Heather's face.  Wasn't me! Whitney Rose, 36, vehemently denied having anything to do with her Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City costar Heather Gay's black eye on Wednesday morning Ouch! Heather, 40, revealed the shocking injury in the season three trailer for RHOSLCWithin minutes, Whitney replied, 'NO! Of course not.' Heather, who is Whitney's cousin and has written about her painful experiences with the Mormon church after getting divorced, had a sizable black eye that was completely swollen shut in the clip. However, there weren't any obvious injuries on her aside from the swollen eye.Despite her denial that she had anything to do with the black eye, the musician was an obvious culprit, as she appeared to have a physical altercation with Heather in the series' latest trailer.

Jason Aldean's wife Brittany Aldean says her allegedly transphobic Instagram Reel was 'taken out of context', a week after she received intense online backlash.The former cheerleader, 34, took to her instagram to announce the launch of her Barbie inspired clothing line, writing in the caption, 'Per usual, my words have been taken out of context over the last week' and adding that they were 'twisted.' She also took to her Stories to address the slogan on her merchandise: 'They all say "Don't tread on our kids" because that's how we feel. Leave the kids alone.' Out of context: Jason Aldean's wife Brittany Aldean says her allegedly transphobic Instagram Reel was 'taken out of context', a week after she received intense online backlash'Instead of getting twisted about the twisting of my words, I’ve chosen to bring some good out of it,' the star wrote in her caption as she introduced her new collection alongside her sister-in-law Kasi Rosa Wicks.

In yet another recent example of Britney Spears’ exes being weird, Jason Trawick had a coming out post and subsequent retraction in record time this week.Trawick’s Instagram drew attention after this post was made on his story:The post states he’s at his “boyfriend’s apartment,” first suspected by viewers to be the man seen lying on the couch.As out-of-the-blue as this post was, most were ready to take it at face value. The touches of things like the Chanel pillow and framed Britney Jean album art, while odd for her ex to have, really locked in the acquaintance of Dorothy image.Soon after people caught wind of this on social media, Trawick took to TMZ to set the record straight — like, actually straight.“No, it wasn’t me,” he said.

(CNN) -- The pace of new monkeypox cases reported in some major cities -- and in the US overall -- has started to slow recently, but experts say it's too early to know if the trend will last.On Friday, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that she is "cautiously optimistic" about the downward trend, but warned that the overall case count is still growing."The rate of rise is lower, but we are still seeing increases and we are of course a very diverse country and things are not even across the country.

For years there has been a rise in right-wing extremism in the United States, but since the Department of Justice obtained and executed a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago retirement residence, violent extremists have taken to TikTok to post alarming videos and one Texas activist is sounding the alarm.Michelle Davis, a progressive blogger in Texas, began noticing right-wing extremism when writing about the Black Lives Matter movement and issues surrounding Confederate statues in 2020. In any given week, Davis tracks several thousand extremist TikTok accounts. She agrees that, in a way, she's the antidote to the right-wing Twitter troll Chaya Raichik who tweets under the Libs of TikTok pseudonym.She saw hundreds of new, threatening TikTok posts each day in the wake of the FBI's August 8 raid of Donald Trump's compound, she said, and still more on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.She says she sees the same kind of rhetoric that she noticed online ahead of the January 6th violent insurrection at the U.S.

There has been much progress for LGBTQ+ Americans in recent years, but equality remains elusive, says the United Nations’ independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity.Victor Madrigal-Borloz made the remarks at a press conference Tuesday after spending 10 days traveling around the United States. The U.N.

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Gemma Collins has been embracing her curves as she continues to soak up the Greek sunshine with her partner Rami Hawash.The TOWIE alum, 41, was all smiles as she confidently posed in a designer pink Dior swimsuit as the body-positive star captioned the snap saying: "Good morning from MYKONOS. J'ADORE DIOR." Gemma appeared to wink as she posed in the one-piece as her blonde hair draped over her shoulders, while she also accessorised with a large silver cross necklace.The star looked completely at ease while standing in front of a large sun-lounger.

Congrats, Nick Adams, you’re Kid Rock’s biggest fan. Now can you please stop tweeting about him? It’s starting to make us uncomfortable.Noted MAGA mouthpiece and—apparently—”Trump’s favorite author” (not the ringing endorsement he thinks it is) Nick Adams has repeatedly taken to Twitter to sing the praises of country-rap croaker Kid Rock. How and why this obsession started remains unclear, but the dude’s incessant stan-dom is single-handedly starting to rival Nicki Minaj’s Barbz and the BTS A.R.M.Y.

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Madonna stans have been having a collective meltdown the past few days after rumors began swirling over the weekend that her self-written/directed/produced biopic was on the verge of being shelved.It all started when a Twitter account that peddles in celebrity gossip posted a screenshot of an alleged DM from someone claiming to be a Madonna insider who said the hotly-anticipated biopic “might actually not happen.”According to the unnamed source, the project is a “nightmare”, the script needs “constant changes”, and the whole thing is “costing a ton of money.”Ah, yes. Sounds highly credible to us!According to a new post from @deuxmoiworld, the biopic May no longer be happening anymore pic.twitter.com/j1chExjp7W— The Madonna Bible : a FAN account! (@madonnabible_) August 26, 2022While all of those claims sound plausible, they are also extremely vague, impossible to verify, and not unlike 90% of films when they’re in development.

A transgender woman cyclist has been stripped of a silver medal she won in the sport’s recent national championships, with officials saying she hadn’t met the requirements for competing.Leia Genis placed second in the 3,000-meter women’s pursuit at the U.S. Elite Track Cycling National Championships, held in July in Pennsylvania, with Bethany Matsick finishing first. The following day, she says, she was told she was losing the medal and was no longer eligible to compete in the women’s category.“6 weeks ago I was eligible for competition at UCI C1 and C2 races held at the same velodrome and overseen by the same technical director,” Genis wrote on Instagram.

Wickes joined the Brighton Pride festivities over the weekend with a powerful message on its float.

Trans cyclist Leia Genis was stripped of her silver medal for allegedly not meeting USA Cyclings’ requirements for transgender athletes.

social media accounts in June 2020, the actor spoke out in support of Black, gay, and trans people joining the global Black Lives Matter protests."LGBTQ+ Black folks are Black people, too!" he said in the video. "Our lives matter, too! So this is my response to those of y'all who don't understand that: F*** you! And, yes, I am cussing. It's time for cussing." A few months before, the actor had delivered the LGBTQ State of the Union speech.

Donald Trump and swimmer Riley Gaines at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday in Dallas.The ex-president was speaking about defending parental rights when it comes to teaching children topics in school that are related to sexual identity and sexual orientation, before he switched to weighing in on women's sports and the transgender community."We will keep men out of women's sports," he told the crowd at CPAC, before calling Gaines to the stage as he described her as a "great champion" and a "beautiful" swimmer.Trump tried to kiss her on the cheek when she approached the podium, but she appeared in the eyes of many observers to experience some discomfort with it. Political commentator and attorney Ron Filipkowski described her as flinching and pulling away from the ex-president on Twitter on Sunday.Trump calls swimmer Riley Gaines up on stage and tries to give her a kiss.

Florida’s Board of Medicine has voted to consider banning gender-affirming care for trans youth. 

From an early age, Monet Umana, 23, was taught to be proud of her roots and identity. Raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, she was surrounded by family, friends, and role models who looked like her and understood the nuances of navigating the world as a Black woman. But when she began to question her sexuality, Monet’s unapologetic pride was challenged. “All these parts of me were constantly being affirmed until I started to explore anything outside my Blackness and my womanhood,” Umana told LGBTQ Nation. A voracious reader and self-described “child of the internet,” Umana took matters into her own hands, turning to books like Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, and social media platforms like Tumblr to find like-minded people.

SMYAL on Thursday announced Erin Whelan will become the organization’s new executive director on Sept. 1.

Warner Bros. on Tuesday canceled the “Batgirl” film, both in theaters and on HBO Max, marking the erasure of the first trans character in the cinematic universe, Batgirl’s best friend Alysia Yeo played by Ivory Aquino. 

that? I would like to see someone take that rubric and go through [controversial US comedian] Bill Burr’s show, and see the content warning for the poster that's slapped outside of the venue that he's performing at. ”The 31-year-old, best known for her deadpan turns in comedy-drama Shrill and the Emmy-nominated sketch show I Think You Should Leave, says a “double standard” is afoot in comedy, not helped by the “pendulum swing of arguments about PC policing,” which means things now lurch towards the overly sanitised or the outright offensive. She used to err on that first side, she says.

Angelica Ross is set to become the first transgender actress to play Roxie Hart in 'Chicago'. The 41-year-old 'Pose' star will make her Broadway debut in the long-running musical later this year, playing murderous vixen Roxie for eight weeks from September 12. Actresses who have previously played Roxie include Pamela Anderson, Melanie Griffith, Christie Brinkley, Marilu Henner, Brooke Shields and Lisa Rinna.

Model Mylla James. (Photo courtesy Irvin Rivera)

Pose star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut in Chicago this fall, becoming the first openly transgender actor to play the murderous vixen Roxie Hart in the long-running musical.Ross, 41, whose credits also include American Horror Story: 1984, will start an eight-week run beginning September 12 at the Ambassador Theatre.She will join a Broadway opening its arms to transgender actors. Glowing:Pose star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut in Chicago this fall, becoming the first openly transgender actor to play the murderous vixen Roxie HartIn 2018, Ru Paul´s Drag Race star Peppermint became the first openly trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway, starring in the Go-Go´s jukebox musical Head Over Heels.This spring, L Morgan Lee made history as the first openly transgender person to be nominated and go on to win a Tony Award for her work as a featured actress in the musical A Strange Loop.

On Tuesday, Warner Bros. reportedly canceled Batgirl both in cinema and HBO max, marking the cancellation of the first trans character in the cinematic universe, Batgirl’s best friend Alysia Yeo played by Ivory Aquino. 

SMYAL on Thursday announced Erin Whelan will become the organization’s new executive director on Sept. 1.

Anticipation for the Batgirl movie has been building for months. The film, which stars Leslie Grace as Barabara Gordon aka Batgirl, also marked the return of Michael Keaton as Bruce Waine and J.K.

If she was your girl, oh the things she’d do to you. I’m not talking about Janet Jackson — I’m talking about Peppermint.

Roe v. Wade in June; Roe had guaranteed the right to abortion throughout the nation, and its reversal means states can ban or severely restrict access to the procedure.“The voters in Kansas have spoken loud and clear: We will not tolerate extreme bans on abortion,” said Rachel Sweet, campaign manager for Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, according to The New York Times. Her group led the fight against the amendment.President Joe Biden issued this statement: “The Supreme Court’s extreme decision to overturn Roe v.

Reportar sin Miedo es el socio mediático del Washington Blade en Honduras. Esta nota salió en su sitio web el 1 de agosto.

takes legal action against alleged government overreach - then put out an appeal on Twitter encouraging women to share any complaints about Mr Cohen. Mr Maugham forwarded several allegations to GNM in late 2021 and published claims about Mr Cohen's behaviour online last month, claiming he was unhappy with how his concerns had been handled. GNM said on Tuesday that Mr Cohen had agreed to "step back from work for a period of time and cooperate with the company's ongoing investigation".

Heartstopper and Doctor Who star, Yasmin Finney, has a dream of becoming the first trans Bond girl. “I would love to be a trans Bond girl or just a Bond girl in general. I love James Bond,” she said in an interview with the British newspaper the Mirror.The 18-year-old continued by sharing her love for the James Bond franchise, saying, “Every time I watch a Bond film, I think I would love to be that cool, sexy Bond girl that has never been done before.”Caroline Cossey, an extra in the 1981 Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, was also an inspiration for the young actress.

Yasmin Finney has revealed that she wants to be the first openly transgender Bond girl after rising to stardom in the hit Netflix series Heartstopper.

Doctor Who and Heartstopper star Yasmin Finney has said that she wants to be the first ever openly transgender Bond girl.The 18-year-old actress, is keen to break boundaries with a role in the popular British spy franchise.She told the Daily Star Sunday: “I love James Bond films.“Every film I’ve seen, I’ve always thought, ‘I’d love to be that cool, sexy Bond girl’.“It has never been done before, so it would be amazing to do it.”READ NEXT: Netflix Heartstoppers' Yasmin Finney to star in Doctor Who as companion RoseTrans actress Caroline Cossey (inset, centre back), also known as Tula, was an extra in 1981 Bond flick For Your Eyes Only, but it wasn’t known she was trans until after its release.Yasmin is on track to become one of the biggest stars on TV. She will play new character Rose in the next series of Doctor Who and also stars in global hit Heartstopper.She added: “There is so much coming your way.“I can’t wait for you all to see the trans magic coming to your screens in 2023.” Yasmin won an Icon gong at Attitude Pride Awards last week.Yasmin shot to fame when she popped up in Netflix's hit series Heartstopper earlier this year.In the hit programme she played the role of Elle Argent, a trans girl who went to an all boys school before coming out as transgender.

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In a recent Spotify podcast episode, Joe Rogan, describing himself as “a bleeding heart liberal,” directly addressed comments that he’s a “secret conservative.” He also defended same-sex marriage and claimed the conservative opposition against gay marriage is one reason he is not a conservative.