Before "Free Britney" Went Mainstream, Britney Spears' Queer Fans Had Her Back

Rapper Isaiah Rashad has broken his silence following the leak of a sex tape in February. The video in question went viral on the internet as it appeared to depict Rashad having sex with another man.Rashad, 30, established himself as a hip-hop artist with his albums Cilvia Demo, The Sun’s Tirade, and The House is Burning. For the most part, he’s kept his personal life private, though does acknowledge having three children from previous relationships and has spoken about his addiction to Xanex in the past.He rose to a new level of fame in earlier this year following the leak of the aforementioned sex tape, which spread on social media.Isaiah Rashad’s intro video at Coachella: “The purpose of doing that was to embarrass him.

King & King, about two young male royals who fall in love with each other. The book and others like it shouldn’t be used in schools, he says.“I believe the Constitution,” he says.

Chris Pratt’s week is off to an awkward start.The new trailer for Thor: Love & Thunder just dropped and everyone’s talking about how his character, Star-Lord, has the hots for Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth. The film is directed by Taika Waititi and hits theaters this summer.Quick backstory: Star-Lord was revealed to be in a polyamorous bisexual relationship in a 2020 issue of the Guardians of the Galaxy comic.

Desde su fundación en 1923, The Walt Disney Co. ha destacado en Hollywood por una razón fundamental: al menos en teoría, sus películas, programas de televisión y parques temáticos para toda la familia siempre han estado pensados para todos, y han evitado con destreza caer en posibles trampas políticas y culturales.

Miami Vice and Coming to America. She would become a mainstay of TV in the 1990s, with roles on The Jamie Foxx Show and NYPD Blue. Now, the mom of three is juggling a podcast (Going to Bed with Garcelle), cohosting the popular talk show The Real, and making history as the first Black cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars winner may be coming to an end, her career as a silver screen star is just getting started.Love is set to star in the highly-anticipated film Dope Queens, a romantic thriller written and directed by Grafton Reyes Doyle about three friends played by Alexandra Grey, Pierson Fodé, and Trace Lysette. Set in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, the film unfolds over the course of one wild and gritty night.

WeHo Times saying the alleged driver had passed him moments earlier going at least 80 mph on the street in a 25 mph zone. A short distance later he came upon a group of riders who had surrounded Jelmert.“This is a senseless tragedy, and our hearts go out to everyone who is affected,” Joe Hollendoner, incoming CEO of the LALGBT Center which sponsored the event, said in a statement.

Plus magazine delves into how Hollywood is finally shifting its attitudes around HIV — especially thanks to brave celebs like our cover star Alexandra Billings. The actress, singer, and trans activist has been open about being a longterm survivor of HIV throughout her career, and details much of the pain and trauma she experienced at the epidemic's height in the 1980s and '90s in her new memoir, This Time for Me.

Last month, I came across a petition with over 90K signatures calling the San Francisco Police Department to reopen the case of Jaxon Sales, a 20-year-old, queer Filipino man who died due to an overdose in the home of an older, affluent 41-year-old white man. The Sales’ family believes that authorities overlooked many crucial details in their son’s case, the most glaring being another overdose just weeks before Sales’ death in the same white man’s apartment.As I read through the details, I was fuming with anger, tears forming in my eyes.

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Boris Johnson of breaking promises following the controversial announcement, which came amid a series of U-turns on the issue and sparked widespread criticism.Now the PM’s own LGBT adviser has expressed his ‘dismay’ at the plan, which has led to the Government cancelling a landmark equality festival after various organisations pulled out.At the demonstration in Westminster this afternoon, protesters chanted ‘Shame on them (the government)’, ‘keep trans in the ban’ and ‘LGB with the T’, in reference to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans movement.There was also a similar protest in Belfast.Campaigner Peter Tatchell told the crowd that the only ban worth having is one that includes everyone.Standing outside Downing Street, Mr Tatchell said: ‘We were promised a total ban.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video‘(Mr Johnson) has given us a half-baked ban, which we will never ever accept.‘The only ban worth having is a ban for everyone, including trans people.’He added that those who attended had sent a signal to the PM and the rest of the country.Pink, white and blue trans pride flags were out in force as demonstrators held signs saying ‘Pride is a protest’ and ‘Queerness doesn’t need a cure’.It comes after the Government has faced fierce criticism last week over promised legislation to outlaw conversion therapy, and its backtracking on commitments to include transgender people in the ban.At least 100 LGBT+ and HIV organisations pulled out of the UK’s first international conference on LGBT rights, Safe To Be Me, leading to its cancellation.Conversion therapy is a discredited practice attempting to change someone’s sexual orientation through physical,

Uh-oh! It looks like Don Jr.’s crappy new app isn’t doing so well.Jr. launched MxM (“minute by minute”) News last month in an effort to compete with Apple News and Google News.

Related: How I learned to love my hairy back and shouldersMacron’s official photographer posted a collection of “behind-the-scenes” images of the President on the campaign trail. You can swipe through them below.  A post shared by ©Soazig de la Moissonnière (@soazigdelamoissonniere)One pic shows Macron relaxed, sitting on a sofa, with his shirt unbuttoned.

with the ‘pill by post’ method in effect.Introduced in early lockdown to maintain Covid social distancing measures, patients under 10 weeks pregnant are mailed the pills with full instructions on how to self-administer, following a phone consultation and medical assessment.Thanks to an MP vote this option’s now here to stay for England. Previous government plans were to revert to pre-Covid procedure – taking the first pill strictly under supervision at a hospital or clinic. The space between myself and the medical professional on the other end of that phone call was a small comfort.

Lunchtime Live he was with his cousin and her boyfriend when the man spotted them leaving the club and made a “beeline” for him.“I’m clearly the gay one of the group,” Somers told Lunchtime Live. “And it’s not something I try to hide.The man allegedly approached Somers and called him a “baldy c-word” along with other “certain gay slurs starting with ‘f’” before he sucker-punched the rugby player in the face, fracturing his eye socket.“And from there, to be honest, I don’t remember a lot.

Last weekend, Cherry Fund, a D.C. nonprofit run entirely by volunteers who raise money for LGBTQ+ mental health, HIV, and AIDS support kicked off its 25th anniversary weekend.

Wendy Rieger, the long-time former co-anchor of the 5 o'clock hour of Washington, D.C.'s NBC station, WRC-TV, died Saturday morning from brain cancer, the station announced Saturday afternoon. The news came one day after NBC Washington announced Rieger had entered hospice.

Related: Did you know 4 sequels were written for ‘Rocky Horror’? Only one actually got made…Incredibly, although you might only be able to name half a dozen of them, IMDB lists him with 240 acting credits. His roles straddle the decades, starting with The Rocky Horror Picture Show in the mid-70s, via Annie, Legend (with Tom Cruise), Clue, Congo, The Hunt For Red October, and the original clown in the TV version of It.And go.

HB 2140) that would potentially prohibit trans girls from competing in school sports in alignment with their gender identity.Mackey’s comments on Thursday evening were directed at Republican Rep. Chuck Basye, 63, who supports the proposed legislation.Last year, Chuck Basye revealed that he had a gay brother, Scott. He had been scared to come out to Chuck for some time because he feared his brother’s reaction.Basye previously said his brother should not have worried.

Radiolab has covered in its 20 years on the air, and its eye-opening stories, mixed with music and sometimes a bit of silence, make working on it a labor of love for cohosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.“This is the show I fell in love with. This is where I learned how to do radio,” Miller says.“It asks big questions but in an intimate way,” Nasser adds. “You can feel all kinds of different feelings.

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling and the cast, including Hermione Granger actress Emma Watson, following the author's vocal stance on trans issues. Additionally, Emma appeared to snub the author at the BAFTA Awards earlier this year, after she said that she is "here for all the witches" while presenting an award at the event, seemingly in reference to Rowling's criticism of Labour Leader Keir Starmer saying "trans women are women".It comes after Rowling faced backlash after taking to Twitter two years ago to mock an article which used the phrase, "people who menstruate" instead of "women".Additionally, last year celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter franchise's first installment.And while many cast and crew members were invited back to film scenes for the one-off taping, JK was nowhere to be seen.Instead, she appeared in archived clips taken from previous interviews as fans rushed to social media, under the impression JK had been snubbed from the reunion.Appearing on GB News earlier this year, Evanna attempted to dispel rumours of a rift between the cast and the creator of the wizarding world.The Luna Lovegood actress said: "I think there's things we don't all agree with and don't understand."The star went on to insist that despite a difference of opinion, they all respect each other.She continued: "I've talked to all the cast, they all have great respect for her even if they don't agree with her beliefs."I really strongly disagree with the narrative that there's a rift," she added.The star went on: "She has her beliefs and she's doing her thing.

A winner will be declared in Tuesday's special runoff election for San Francisco's vacant 17th Assembly District seat. But it may not mean the end of the campaign for the two candidates seeking to represent the city's eastern neighborhoods in the state Legislature.Either District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney or David Campos, a gay man who is a vice chair of the California Democratic Party, will be the city's next Assemblymember and serve out the remainder of the term through December.

Produced by ‘Sway’ From Gov. Ron DeSantis signing Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay bill to Gov. Greg Abbott issuing a Texas directive that would classify medical care for transgender adolescents as “child abuse,” Republicans across the country seem to be doubling down on anti-L.G.B.T.Q.

CW’s Supergirl character Dreamer is set to make her DC Comics debut in the upcoming issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El.

Assassination Nation star Hari Nef has joined the upcoming live-action Barbie movie.

Ed Buck, a former West Hollywood Democratic donor and political activist, was last week sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for fatally injecting two gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, which led to their deaths. Sixty-seven-year-old Buck, who was white, preyed on vulnerable Black men who were struggling with addiction and homelessness for around a decade. The prosecution said that between 2011 and 2019, Buck engaged in a pattern they described as “party and play”. Buck would lure the men via social media, dating apps, escort websites or through referrals by his former victims, who were paid a “finder’s fees”.Ed Buck Moore (centre) and his victims Gemmel Moore (left) and Timothy Dean (right)Once the men were at his apartment, the prosecution alleged that “Buck prepared syringes containing methamphetamine, sometimes personally injecting the victims with or without their consent.

Missouri State Representative Ian Mackey, a Democrat, has gone viral for his defence of transgender young people during the debate on whether to allow transgender girls to compete on all-girls sports teams.Talking to the amendment’s sponsor, Representative Chuck Bayse, a Republican, Mackey even brought up Bayse’s own gay brother to make his point. “Your brother wanted to tell you he was gay, didn’t he?” Mackey asked.Bringing up the fact that Bayse’s brother was afraid to come out to him, Mackey said “If I were your brother, I would have been afraid to tell you too. I would have been afraid to tell you too because of stuff like this – because this is what you’re focused on.“This is the legislation you want to put forward.

In a small win for LGBTQ+ rights, Kansas governor Laura Kelly vetoed the state’s anti-trans sports ban.

Tokyo Rainbow Pride makes a partial return to in-person events with advanced registration and COVID protocols.The theme this year is “Change the Future Together” with lead organizer Fumino Sugiyama telling The Japan Times that the LGBTQ community hopes to start tackling the challenges it faces in this country. “Within the past 10 years could make our community more seen,” Sugiyama says.

The Ultimatum star Rae Williams recently opened up about her bisexuality and her dating life during a fan Q&A on social media.

The Ultimatum star Rae Williams recently opened up about her queer dating life and the show’s reunion.

AMANDA Holden and Simon Cowell got cosy with Dame Judy Collins at a birthday dinner in London. The music mogul, 62, and his fellow BGT judge, 51, posed happily by the acting legend at the exclusive Mayfair restaurant.

“I’m having the best time of my life,” Janelle Monáe says. “I’m in the most carefree, ‘I don’t have shit to prove’-phase that I’ve ever been in.” As a result, the queer pop star conceded during a recent Zoom interview with Metro Weekly she’s not sure when she will next release new music.Aside from the occasional single written for film — including “Turntables” from the 2020 documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy and “That’s Enough” from the 2019 remake of Disney’s The Lady and the Tramp — Monáe hasn’t put out new music since 2018.With each album, she “wanted to prove that I could be successful at being myself, being honest with myself as a human.

A suspect has been charged with arson after setting a New York City LGBTQ+ bar on fire.

Since its founding in 1923, Disney has stood alone in Hollywood in one fundamental way: Its family-friendly movies, television shows and theme park rides, at least in theory, have always been aimed at everybody, with potential political and cultural pitfalls zealously avoided. The Disney brand is about wishing on stars and finding true love and living happily ever after.

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recent revisiting the high-gloss trash that is Basic Instinct, and the trash that movie inspired, we could easily sour on erotic thrillers. Lucky for us, some directors actually know how to make good movies about sex and suspense.Related: 10 iconic ’90s erotic thrillers inspired by the queersMeet the Queer Fatale: an LGBTQ character that awakens the sexual passions of a same-sex partner, and leads them into a dangerous world of lust and death.

Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.Movies often have bumpy journeys to the screen, especially when dealing with sexual subject matter. Today’s case in point: Mapplethorpe, the 2018 biopic of the titular artist, a man that specialized in homoerotic visuals. The film, directed by Ondi Timoner, underwent key edits after disputes arose between the director and producers.

the internet’s hunkiest gay design couple, then catch up on the latest from Gay TikTok:Nick Toteda and Anthony Cushion got married.Javi Escudero waited his turn.Germany sounded off on the worlds most popular gay dating app.Two gay grandmas lived life.CJ Lynn took a chance.A New Yorker lived his dream.A bigot collected his thoughts.David White had an idea.Lordin dropped a new single.And Xavier Hart lost his thought.

Matt Vekakis is an MFA poetry student at the University of Florida whose work has appeared in the Atlanta Review, the Appalachian Review, OxMag, and other publications. But Vekakis may have reached their biggest audience yet with the following tweet, posted last month:10 years ago, my dad left highlighted bible passages on the kitchen table for me to find re: abomination, hellfire, “you shall not lie with a man,” etc.Today, he drove my partner to work early this morning because it was raining and he didn’t want him to get wet.As of the time of this writing, that tweet has gotten more than 132,000 likes and more than 6,400 retweets.

When it comes to our communication styles and luck at work, some of us turn to the stars for guidance. So why not see what our zodiac signs might have to say about our preferences for love, comfort, and sex? Let’s have a fun peek at which zodiac sign is the most “straight”-laced and what zodiac sign is most likely to be gay.Do keep in mind that this article is meant for fun, so if you’re an extremely gay Taurus, we send apologies in advance!RELATED: Tarotscopes That Slay For The 2022 New Moon In AquariusMarch 21-April 19Excessive public affection and unrealistic expectations? Smells like an Aries to us! While it’s a 50/50 chance that these fire signs are gay, one thing is for sure: they’re quick to action.

2 min read Seven months before the opening of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the president of the Norwegian football federation has raised her voice to denounce the lack of security guarantees for LGBTQI+ people.

VT Digger reports. Witnesses had seen Feather and Brunell in a parking lot Tuesday morning and called the police because the pair had been there for an extended period. Feather and Brunell told the officers they were simply looking for a place to walk their dogs.A couple of hours later, Brunell called Eliza Curtis, a friend of Feather’s, and said he had killed Feather.

Two gay dads were called ‘rapists’ and ‘pedophiles’ by an unidentified man while on an Amtrak train trip along the California coast. On April 12, Robbie Pierce and his husband, Neal Broverman, were travelling with their two children when a man started yelling at them. “The next thing he said was, ‘Marriage is between a man and a woman. They stole you, and they’re pedophiles.’”Pierce and Broverman got between the man and their sobbing children and Pierce said, “Get away from my family.” The man responded, “That’s not a family! You’re rapists and pedophiles.

West Side Story star Ariana DeBose is set to star in an all-new queer romantic comedy. 

A Doctor Who writer has opened up about the show’s upcoming Easter special and its queer romance. 

Throughout the Peak District there are lots of pretty villages nestled in the breathtaking scenery. But there’s one tiny village located in a country estate just outside of the national park.

One day after posting about her newfound freedom and telling fans she would rather be “feared” than “loved,” Britney Spears has disabled her instagram account.“Don’t ever pity me … I don’t want to be loved … I want to be feared !!! Being loved and being nice got me taken advantage of …… so take your pity and go f–k yourselves,” Spears captioned a photo of herself in a black crop top.That post, along with every other post she’s made, has vanished. The message “Sorry, this page isn’t available” has replaced her feed.Spears’ Twitter account remains active, but she does not offer any commentary about why she abruptly left the photo sharing app.It’s not the first time the pop singer has disengaged from the platform.