Biden Assures Brittney Griner's Wife He's Working on Player's Release

X Factor for a number of years.Louis wasn't afraid to give his honest opinion during his time on the show, which often landed him in hot water with the contestants and his fellow judges.READ MORE: Louis Walsh takes swipe at Cheryl and Girls Aloud as he says he 'never wanted them'But in regards to his own personal relationships, the manager behind Boyzone and Westlife hasn't been particularly outspoken.So, what's the truth about Louis Walsh's love life? Here, Daily Star looks into the music manager's past relationship confessions, as well as his Vegas 'wedding' with former colleague Caroline Flack.While Louis has remained fiercely private about his personal life, he hasn't been afraid to poke fun in the past.In 2012, he jokingly walked down the aisle with Xtra Factor presenter Caroline Flack during a spoof on the show.The pair got hitched at the infamous Little White Chapel in Las Vegas by an Elvis Presley impersonator.After arriving in Sin City ahead of the judge’s house stage, Louis and Caroline exchanged vows at the chapel before sealing their romance with a kiss.However, the union was disrupted when Sharon Osbourne made a dramatic entrance.But while the hilarious spoof was clearly staged for the show, Louis has always been fond of Caroline.Following her tragic death in February 2020, the music manager paid a touching tribute to his former colleague.He said: "I really liked her, she was great fun and just a pleasure to be around. She spoke her mind and was always up for a laugh." Louis and Sharon were thick as thieves whilst judging on the X Factor.

Miriam Margolyes came out as a lesbian in the 1960s, but is has only just experienced the joy of attending her first Pride.We know and love the 81-year-old Harry Potter star for her witty comments and scandalous stories, but now she’s opening up about her own past and what it was like to come out.The actress shared her story in ABC’s Australia Unmasked, with the British-Australian star taking a dive into the history of LGBTQ+ rights Down Under.In a precious moment, Miriam went to Pride for the first time in Hobart, Tasmania, where she was filmed sitting in a wheelchair and holding a bunch of rainbow flags in her lap.Discussing her mother’s reaction to her coming, Miriam – who has been with her partner Heather Sutherland since 1968 – recalled her being ‘devastated’. ‘I told my mother, and she was utterly devastated,’ she said.‘My Parents were Jewish.

The US government has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

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She sent a car outfitted with champagne and chocolates, suggested I wear a little black dress and pearls, and took me to a fabulous steak house at which she made sure I didn’t enter until the piano player was at his post. Her palms were so sweaty. And I was so nervous I barely touched my steak. It was our first date; it was wildly romantic. She took me on a surprise b

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia’s only out gay head of state, has an important message for public health authorities dealing with the monkeypox outbreak. Barr said that it was important to get the message out that this was not some “niche disease” that only impacted gay men. Barr was speaking to the media following Thursday’s National Cabinet meeting where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, state premiers and territory chief ministers met to coordinate the national response to COVID-19, foot and mouth disease and monkeypox. Barr said that some of the commentary around monkeypox was “concerning”.  “This monkeypox is not a gay man’s disease. Monkeypox is transmitted by close, personal contact.

Out lesbian US basketball player Brittney Griner was convicted by a Russian court on charges of drug possession and smuggling and sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday. US President Joe Biden denounced the verdict and sentence as “unacceptable” and called on Russia to release the athlete immediately so that she could be with her “her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates”. President Biden added that he would work to bring both Griner and Paul Whelan, another American imprisoned in Russia under an espionage charge, home.  Brittney Griner with wife Cherelle.

I was scrolling through psychotherapy memes on Instagram a few years ago when Hannah popped up in my friend requests. We each had new last names and new looks. I had decided that since I had to wear wigs anyway (as an ultra-Orthodox Jew), they may as well be blonde instead of my natural dull brown.

It's about a group of four girls — Tiff, Mac, Erin, and KJ — who, in 1988, stumble upon a war between time travelers during their morning paper route and wind up getting stuck in 2019. just adopted these 4 very unhinged children they're coming home with me tonight #papergirlsEpisode 1 of Paper Girls absolutely nailed how quickly 12 year old girls will bond and conspire to fuck shit up.

Openly trans actor and Batgirl star Ivory Aquino shared a heartwarming message to co-star Leslie Grace after the film’s cancellation.

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Machine Gun Kelly is responding to a vandal who defaced one of his tour buses in Nebraska on Thursday morning with a homophobic slur and vulgar images.

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.

sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of smuggling drugs with criminal intent. The center for the Phoenix Mercury, Griner was arrested at a Russian airport in February, when she arrived in the country to play for one of its basketball teams during the WNBA off-season. There were vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage; cannabis is illegal in Russia.She has testified that she brought the substance in by accident and that she did not intend to break any laws.

MTGLive online broadcast and she played a clip from the August 3, 2022 White House press briefing where Jean-Pierre was asked about the baby formula shortage. She responded that the Biden administration can “understand what parents are going through — caregivers, moms and dads, you know, grandparents.  And we have — we have done — we have done — you know, we have done the work, and we’ll continue to do the work to make sure that families have safe baby formula so that they can feed their kids.”“She claims they’re doing the work every day,” Greene said sarcastically.

A Tasmania-based lesbian woman and supporter of the anti-trans group LGB Alliance, is raising funds to take her battle to ban trans women and men from her drag shows, to the High Court. Trigger Warning: This story discusses comments against the transgender community, 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.Jessica Hoyle has raised over $3,300, since she launched her campaign on a fundraising platform last month. Last year, Hoyle failed in her bid to get an exemption from the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner to hold her “female-only event” and now plans to take her fight to the High Court.

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Angelica Ross is making her Broadway debut next month and it will be historic!

Machine Gun Kelly is responding to a vandal who defaced one of his tour buses in Nebraska on Thursday morning with a homophobic slur and vulgar images.Kelly's caravan includes a number of different tour busses — each a different color — and after a performance Wednesday night one of them was vandalized with the words «Rap devil f*****» on one side, and a large, crude depiction of a phallus on the other side.The graffiti was recorded by a passerby, who claimed she got into an argument with Kelly's security while filming the bus.Kelly himself took to his Instagram story to share a message with whoever tagged the bus, which he recorded while lying in bed in his hotel room.«You're so dumb,» Kelly expressed. «You spray-painted a bus thinking it was my bus.

Machine Gun Kelly addressed a vandal who spray-paintedhomophobic graffiti on one of his tour buses in a series of Instagram Stories.The rocker, 32, is currently on tour in Omaha, Nebraska, and woke up on Thursday morning to one of his buses being defaced on both sides, with one side reading, 'RAP DEVIL F*****' and the other having an image of anejaculating penis.However, while addressing the situation, Megan Fox'sfiancé revealed it wasn't his personal bus that got vandalized: 'You're so dumb. You spray painted a bus thinking it was my bus.

When Sparrows Point resident David Marshall adopted his son in 2017, it’s unlikely that he knew just how much of an impact he was going to make.In November 2020, Marshall was hosting a casual Facebook Live and telling the story of how he adopted young Josiah. The response he received made him realize that what he’d done was actually pretty remarkable.“I told my adoption journey on Facebook Live and I got an amazing response,” Marshall told CBS Baltimore.

BERLÍN — A finales de julio, cuando me quedé en casa y escuché al director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declarar que la viruela del mono era una emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional, muchos de mis amigos habían salido a celebrar el Día Internacional del Orgullo LGBT. La decisión de confirmar una emergencia unos dos meses después de un brote global era la correcta. Pero se sentía demasiado tardía.

unfortunate cost-cutting measures and the fact the they continue to give a platform to hateful rhetoric disguised as “comedy,” they’ve also offered up plenty of original programming centered on LGBTQ stories and characters.To name a few: Heartstopper became one of Netflix’s most buzzed about hits, Stranger Things is finally exploring one character’s coming out, Uncoupled has a middle-aged gay man front and center, and First Kill put a sapphic spin on Romeo & Juliet with its Buffy-esque First Kill.Alas, it was just this week that Netflix put a stake through the heart of First Kill fans, canceling the lesbian vampire teen romance after only one season. While showrunner Felicia D.

Road to the Runway premieres this Friday. This new docuseries will follow the journey of twenty trans fashion models competing for a contract in this year’s annual Slay Model search.Slay Model Management opened in 2016 as the world’s first and only agency to exclusively represent transgender models, according to a news release.

LOVE Island star Tasha Ghouri's DAD has slammed her co-star Jacques O'Neill as he wades into the ongoing show 'bullying' row. The professional rugby player has come under fire for mocking Tasha, 24, in a private Instagram story that was leaked by fans.

Above: Brittney Griner being placed in the defendant's cage in a Russian court FridayBasketball star Brittney Griner’s trial on drug charges in Russia continued this week with her defense presenting medical and character evidence.Griner has pleaded guilty to possessing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, which is illegal in Russia, but her lawyers are bringing forth evidence that they hope will result in a lighter sentence than the 10-year maximum possible under Russian law, CNN reports.Griner, 31, center for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, was arrested in February at an airport near Moscow. She was planning to play for a Russian team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, during the WNBA’s off-season.

ABC News reports.She was married to Donald Trump from 1977 to 1992 and is the mother of three Trump offspring, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. An immigrant from Czechoslovakia, she worked in her husband’s businesses for several years, including Trump’s Castle, the Grand Hyatt Hotel, and Trump Tower.

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Two weeks after the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark case Roe v Wade in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on July 8 to protect access to reproductive health care.  Democrats have pressured Biden in recent weeks to secure rights to such care, especially the […]

US football star Megan Rapinoe honoured beloved basketball player Brittney Griner during her recent Presidential medal ceremony.

signed an executive order to protect access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two weeks ago.Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said in remarks on Friday that the court’s decision was “totally wrong.”“What we’re witnessing wasn’t a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise in raw political power,” he said, adding that the impact was beyond only Roe, but targeted the right to privacy.

United States soccer star Megan Rapinoe honoured fellow queer Olympian Brittney Griner while receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden on Thursday, July 7. The highest civilian honor in the US, the Medal of Freedom has never before gone to a soccer player, and has gone to a female athlete only five […]

Megan Rapinoe received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden Thursday morning at the White House. The award is the highest civilian honor in the nation.This is the first time a soccer player has received the honor, and it is the sixth time a female athlete has received it, according to the White House.“Beyond the World Cup titles and the Olympic medals, Megan is a champion for [an] essential American truth that everyone — everyone — is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect," Biden said in his speech.She was honored alongside 16 others, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, and Sen.

WNBA star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court.

struck down.The ruling by Honorable Justice Marissa Robertson repealed sections 12 and 15 of the Sexual Offences Act of 1995, which punished sex between men with up to 15 years in prison and "sexual indecency" (any sexual act other than intercouse) between anyone of the same sex with five years in prison. Robertson found that prohibitions on private, consensual behavior violated constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression, personal privacy, and protection from discrimination.    Dating back to colonial-era laws — Antigua and Barbuda were once British colonies and are now part of the British Commonwealth — sections 12 and 15 were rarely enforced as of late, but still contributed to stigma, threats, discrimination, and violence.“We welcome this historic decision from Antigua and Barbuda,” Maria Sjödin, acting executive director of LGBTQ+ advocacy group OutRight Action International, said in a statement.

Conservatives are once again completely up in arms about First Lady Dr. Jill Biden after she had the audacity to be photographed… talking to her husband… on the White House lawn!Related: Dr. Jill Biden wants to end HIV stigma and of course conservatives hate her for itPhotos of the Bidens having a conversation outside the White House began circulating on Twitter this week, and right wingnuts immediately began spinning all sorts of wild narratives about what the first couple was talking about and what the photos mean.A story in four parts: pic.twitter.com/Xdd1OfJQCT— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) July 6, 2022Most of them are convinced the pictures are evidence that Dr.

Griner Could face up to 10 years in prison for the chargesBy: Audrey Cole & Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporters—In a sudden development, US basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to a Russian court on drug possession and smuggling. She also publicly stated, according to Reuters, that she had not willingly broken the law.“I’d like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent.

Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court Thursday. She faces up to 10 years in a penal colony over the offenses.She told the court that she had not purposefully broken Russian law, according to Reuters who had a journalist in the courtroom.“I’d like to plead guilty, your honor.

Brittney Griner plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. She has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17.

Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia since 17 February after Russian authorities claimed to have found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage.

Former Gov. Nikki Haley graduated with an accounting degree from Clemson University, but she may want to take a few refresher courses if she ever hopes to balance any books.The Republican politician was attempting to slam President Biden over inflation, an issue facing economies around the world.

Pink News that the two lovebirds had shown a strong parenting skillset the previous year when they were given a dummy egg. This year, she gave the paired Humboldt penguins a fertilized egg and the feathered couple did not disappoint, proving to be excellent parents.“It has been Diego and Zorro’s second time fostering and once again they have smashed it, becoming quite the experts at parenting,” Nicola told the outlet.Nicola said staff at the Oceanarium noticed sparks fly between Diego and Zorro as early as 2017.

has been detained in Russia since February. She was taken into custody at an airport near Moscow due to accusations that she had hashish oil, which is illegal in Russia, in vape cartridges in her luggage. She was in Russia to play for a team there, something many WNBA athletes do during their off-season.

HB 1557, officially took effect on July 1st.Aimed at schools, it seeks to ban the discussion of LGBTQ topics mainly at the primary grade level. However, it will also limit discussion when “not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students”.The bill was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis at the end of March and took effect Friday.

Brittney Griner faced day one of her trial in Russia on Friday. The basketball star and Olympic gold medalist has been charged with drug offenses.Griner, 31, has been in Russian custody since February — only days before Russia invaded Ukraine.